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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…

Erika Widegren – Executive Director of “Re-Imagine Europe”

Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

Join us for a special ARNIC seminar followed by a reception on Oct 4th at 5 pm. Our guest speaker is Erika Widegren, Executive Director of the think tank “Re-Imagine Europe” (see full bio below). Erika will speak about ‘THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES” “Re-Imagine Europe” is an influential think tank based in…

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…

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…