{"id":332,"date":"2022-11-03T23:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T23:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/components\/?p=332"},"modified":"2023-01-24T01:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T01:11:26","slug":"article-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/components\/2022\/11\/03\/article-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles written by USC Dornsife scholars for The Conversation garner more than 10 million reads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Articles written by USC Dornsife scholars for The Conversation garner more than 10 million reads<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>109 USC Dornsife scholars have published articles on The Conversation since June 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Articles have reached readers in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide through more than 400 print and digital media outlets.<\/li>\n<li>October 2020 marked the most reads in a month \u2013 more than 600,000.<\/li>\n<li>Hebah Farrag of the USC Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture claims the most reads \u2013 nearly 900,000 \u2013 with her article published in September 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With topics ranging from religion to Botox, readers from around the globe have read the works of Trojan scholars through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation<\/a>. This summer, scholars from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences marked an exceptional milestone, exceeding a whopping 10 million reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers confirm that people want to hear from experts about research breakthroughs and cutting-edge ideas as long as they are framed in an accessible way,\u201d said USC Dornsife Dean Amber D. Miller. \u201cThis milestone is an endorsement of our concerted efforts to bring academic expertise into the public square\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 to inform, enlighten, and help shape the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Conversation is a nonprofit, independent news outlet with contributors from the academic and research community. All the articles published online are also distributed to media outlets around the world through the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The most read story,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3310\/spirituality-runs-deep-in-black-lives-matter-movement\/\">\u201c<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3310\/spirituality-runs-deep-in-black-lives-matter-movement\/\">Far from being my anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3310\/spirituality-runs-deep-in-black-lives-matter-movement\/\">,\u201d<\/a>published Sept. 14, 2020, has amassed nearly 900,000 reads.<\/p>\n<p>Hebah Farrag, assistant director of research at USC Dornsife\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crcc.usc.edu\/\">Center for Religion and Civic Culture<\/a>, collaborated on the piece with Ann Gleig of the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, we really value media partners like The Conversation, who help us translate and demystify research on religion and civic life to the public square, something we see as an essential part of our mission,\u201d Farrag said.<\/p>\n<p>USC Dornsife scholars have been contributing to the publication since 2011, with the first article by David Neal, formerly an assistant professor of psychology at USC Dornsife. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/i-dont-feel-your-pain-does-botox-put-the-brakes-on-empathy-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I (don\u2019t) feel your pain: does Botox put the brakes on empathy?<\/a>\u201d highlighted the fascinating psychological impacts facial injections had on one\u2019s interpretation of emotions.<\/p>\n<p>Other prolific contributors to The Conversation include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1006509\">J<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1006509\">effrey Fields<\/a>\u00a0of international relations,\u00a0historian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/peter-mancall\/\">Peter Mancall<\/a>, economist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty.cfm?pid=1069169\">Matthew Kahn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/soci\/soci_faculty_display.cfm?Person_ID=1018147\">Richard Flory<\/a>\u00a0of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, each of whom has contributed nine or more articles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Conversation is a natural fit for academics looking to share their expertise and the work they\u2019ve done through a credible media outlet,\u201d said Mancall, professor of history, anthropology and economics and divisional dean for the social sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Stories have been republished in more than 420 media outlets, including CNN, PBS,\u00a0<em>Scientific American<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Washington Post<\/em>, and reached audiences in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 23, the\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>\u00a0for the first time republished a story from The Conversation, choosing to feature a USC Dornsife scholar\u2019s article. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3777\/how-did-halloween-get-spooky\/\">Halloween\u2019s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of Samhain<\/a>\u201d by Tok Thompson, professor (teaching) of anthropology, appeared in their Sunday print edition.<\/p>\n<p>Several articles have been translated from English to Spanish, French and Indonesian. Among them, the third most read story by a USC Dornsife scholar, Dean\u2019s Professor or Religion Lisa Bitel\u2019s piece exposing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2748\/the-real-st-valentine-was-no-patron-of-love\/\">the \u201creal\u201d St. Valentine<\/a>. The story, originally published in February 2018, garnered a few thousand more reads after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/santo-valentinus-yang-asli-bukanlah-pelindung-cinta-154940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translation into Indonesian<\/a>\u00a0in 2021, bringing the article\u2019s total readership to more than 572,000.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and PhD students who are interested in writing for The Conversation can learn more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/join-the-conversation\/\">our webpage<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaching a global audience through hundreds of media outlets, the achievement demonstrates USC Dornsife\u2019s commitment to bringing academic expertise into the public square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dornsife_global"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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