ReelUrbanNews.com recently spoke exclusively with Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and his wife, Professor Francille Wilson, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, both of the University of Southern California. “I think it’s a privilege to be here at USC, we’ve both been scholars for a long time and I think it’s something that we both embrace, being in the academy.” Professor Francille Wilson, Ph.D. College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
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During our exclusive interview with Dean and Professor Wilson we discussed the recent events in the Middle East. “It’s very easy to say that Twitter and blogging caused the revolution in the Middle East, that is the popular discourse and popular narrative. If it weren’t for the Twitter accounts none of this would be happening! I think that is a profoundly ethnocentric and biased view. Technology enables, technology doesn’t cause.” Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
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Prior to the close of our time with Dean and Professor Wilson they shared their optimism regarding the future of African American’s in the United States. “For the young people who are watching, this is a wonderful time to take advantage of being an African American. We are Americans and we’re African Americans and that brings a special kind of awareness.” Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
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“We need to think of our own economic needs, our own political needs and how they interact with others and how international we are.” Professor Francille Wilson, Ph.D. College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California.
