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Dr. Matt Rafalow – “You Really Like Me: How Audiences Shape Creativity Online”

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

Join us for a special ARNIC seminar on 10/22 at 5PM PT led by ARNIC Research Fellow Dr. Matt Rafalow from Google (YouTube) titled “You Really Like Me: How Audiences Shape Creativity Online” About the Talk Join our seminar on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 to hear from Dr. Matt Rafalow. He will be sharing findings…

Dr. Bill Bold, UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy – “Business in the Public Square: A Brave New World”

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Join us for a special ARNIC seminar on 1/18 5PM PT led by Dr. Bill Bold from UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy titled [Business in the Public Square: A Brave New World] About the Talk Nonmarket strategy is the study of corporate behavior outside a firm’s market environment, which is defined…

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…

ARNIC at TPRC ‘24

August 19, 2024

The 52nd Annual TPRC (The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy) Conference  is right around the corner, taking place from September 19-21, 2024. Known for bringing together a diverse mix of policymakers, academics, corporate leaders, and civil society voices, TPRC is a leading conference for anyone focused on the future of communications policy.…

New journal articles examine the ACP program

August 16, 2024

Two new journal articles by Prof. Hernan Galperin examine the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). “Welfare Stigma and the Take-Up of Consumer Broadband Subsidies” examines how welfare stigma affects uptake rates for consumer subsidy programs such as Lifeline and ACP. Co-authored with former USC Price doctoral student Heonuk Ha (now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute…

Release of the 2023 Statewide Digital Equity Survey

December 13, 2023

The California 2023 Statewide Digital Equity Survey is a joint effort between the California Department of Technology (CDT) and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), in partnership with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Dr. Hernan Galperin and Dr. François Bar were led researchers, with assistance from Dr. Thai…

Can automation promote digital equity by boosting enrollment in connectivity subsidy programs?

June 24, 2024

With the expiration of the ACP (Affordable Connectivity Program) benefit in May 2024, Lifeline remains the only alternative federal program that supports digital connectivity for low-income families. Yet for a variety of reasons, Lifeline enrollment has been declining since its peak in the early 2010s. One reason is the complex web of procedures to demonstrate…

Evaluating the Impact of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

May 2, 2024

Did ACP have a measurable impact on broadband access? Did the program help connect low-income families that otherwise would not have been connected? As the ACP program winds down, these questions become ever more important for policymakers and policy advocates. In this study, we offer preliminary evidence that ACP in fact helped increase broadband adoption…

The Future of the Affordable Connectivity Program

November 27, 2023

Blog Post #2: Analyzing the Impact of Potential Changes to Program-Based Eligibility  In the first post of this series on the future of the ACP program, we analyzed potential changes to the income threshold used to determine ACP eligibility. In this second post, we turn our attention to potential changes to the eligibility criteria based…