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1st USC-KU Joint Symposium

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

ARNIC will convene a joint symposium with Korea University’s Center for ICT and Society, featuring faculty and student presentations from both institutions. Date: 7/26 @4PM PDT Location: Please contact arnic@usc.edu for Zoom link As our long-term goal is to promote collaboration between faculty and students across both organizations, we strongly encourage anyone interested in future…

Dr. Matt Rafalow – Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era

Monday, April 24th, 2023

ARNIC Visiting Fellow Dr. Matt Rafalow gives a special book talk at the Annenberg Research Seminar titled “Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era” In the digital age, schools are a central part of a nationwide effort to make access to technology more equitable, so that all young people, regardless of identity…

Dr. Gwen Shaffer, California State University Long Beach – Long Beach’s “digital rights platform” and efforts to ensure residents’ data privacy

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Join us for a special ARNIC seminar on 11/16 5PM PT led by Dr. Gwen Shaffer from California State University Long Beach titled [Long Beach’s “digital rights platform” and efforts to ensure residents’ data privacy] Smart city platforms–encompassing mobile apps, cameras, sensors, algorithms, and predictive analytics—function as surveillance tools. These Internet-connected devices and services generate troves…

ARNIC at ICA’23

May 22, 2023

The 73rd Annual ICA (International Communication Association) Conference starts this week, and ARNIC-affiliated faculty and students will be presenting their work in various divisions and venues. Special congratulations to our top paper awardees! See the table below for details on the presentations at ICA. We hope to see you there. Presenter Session Day/Time Paper Lichen Zhen…

Launch of The Benton Institute ACP Performance Tool

May 2, 2023

Interested in learning how ACP sign-ups are going? Check out The Benton Institute ACP Performance Tool developed jointly by Benton Senior Fellow John B. Horrigan, Oklahoma State University professor Brian Whitacre, and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Professor Hernan Galperin. The tool shows 1) the number of households that have signed up for…

New Publication on ACP Awareness in the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

April 4, 2023

Associate professor Hernan Galperin and doctoral student Alex Alvarado from ARNIC coauthored a post with Brian Whitacre and John Horrigan based on survey data related to awareness of the ACP benefit amongst eligible households. Main findings include that half of all eligible households are not aware of the subsidy, but policymakers and community leaders can…

Broadband for all: The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefits households across party lines

July 10, 2023

Discussions about funding for social programs are too often framed along predictable partisan lines. However, the reality on the ground is frequently more complex, and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is no exception. A simple look at the data reveals that the program supports connectivity for families in both red and blue communities, and that…

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) State-Level Dashboard

April 20, 2023

The ACP State-Level Dashboard simultaneously displays ACP participation rates in February 2023 and Jan-to-Dec 2022 enrollment growth for each state. The scatterplot on the left shows the relationship between state-level ACP participation and growth, with lines representing the median value for the selected states. This four-quadrant format helps visualize states with high participation/high growth (right…

FCC Outreach Grants: Reaching the Non-Enrolled

March 13, 2023

On March 10, 2023, the FCC Affordable Broadband Outreach Grants Program allocated a total of $66 million in 197 grants to 195 organizations in 50 U.S. States and Territories.. On March 15, the FCC announced an additional $7.5 million in Outreach Grants to 32 organizations in 22 states for two additional outreach programs. Overall, 221…