University of Southern California

Graduate Student, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Doctoral Student

Thesis Title: MA Thesis: Globalwood: Hollywood's Foreign Market Challenge in the Digital Economy

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Jaclyn Selby holds a BA in Economics & Media Studies from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in Communications, Culture & Technology from Georgetown University with an honors certificate in International Business Diplomacy from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. She received an award of distinction for her MA thesis, which examined the efforts of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to shape the US Government’s foreign trade agenda in response to shifting media industry cost structures in the digital economy. Prior to arriving at Annenberg, Jaclyn worked for 7 years in media, marketing and technology strategy. She is currently a contributing writer to Foreign Policy Digest and most recently held a senior position at a global biosurveillance firm where she headed research projects on trade, technology, and global infectious diseases and served as an overseas contract consultant for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Jaclyn’s academic interests converge at the intersection of public diplomacy, communication and technology policy, and global media industries. Her current research is particularly concerned with questions of media policy and developing regions, trade and intellectual property violations, the public interest, and content industry strategies for harnessing disruptive innovation.

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