Johanna Blakley: Fashion & Social Media
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View ArticleJohanna Blakley: Social Media and the End of Gender
Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they’re becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social...
View ArticleThe Politics of Personal Taste: Johanna Blakley at TEDxOrangeCoast
Johanna Blakley, PhD, is the Lear Center’s Managing Director and Director of Research, performing research on a wide variety of topics, including global entertainment, cultural diplomacy, entertainment...
View ArticleJohanna Blakley Video Playlist
Johanna Blakley speaks frequently in the U.S. and abroad about her research on a wide variety of topics, including global entertainment, cultural diplomacy, entertainment education, celebrity culture,...
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A new study from Copenhagen’s Happiness Research Institute found that 88% of daily Facebook users who were forced to give up the social media site for the study felt “happy,” compared with 81% of those...
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Gender & (Anti)Social Media
I’m an English PhD and so when I was in grad school, the Modern Languages Association Conference (MLA) was THE annual event to attend – not only to get a teaching job, but to take the pulse of...
View ArticleLightning Round at 2016 Taste of Annenberg
Incoming undergrads and grads gave the Lear Center their instantaneous judgments on top social media tools and players at the 2016 Taste of Annenberg event. Find out what they thought about Snapchat,...
View ArticleMadame Gandhi at the Lear Center
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we shared the story of musician/activist Kiran Gandhi who in a moment of spontaneous determination shined a light on an issue affecting women around the...
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How Social Media Abet the Political Right (It’s Not How You Might Think)
So much of the discussion about Donald Trump’s success in politics has focused on how he has mastered social media, particularly Twitter, with his continual tweets that dominate the national...
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Johanna Blakley on BBC Radio 5
Lear Center managing director Johanna Blakley speaks with BBC Radio 5 newsman Peter Bowes on Tuesday, February 19th, from 6-7 PM (PST) on pop culture, social media, movies and the future of awards...
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