Posts by Ke Huang-Isherwood
Meet our new visiting scholar – Dr. V. Sridhar
During April and May of this year, Dr. V. Sridhar from the Centre for IT and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology in Bangalore, India is visiting with ARNIC. Dr. Sridhar’s expertise is on telecom regulation and policy in India, such as data localization and spectrum policies. His most recent work addresses…
Read MoreNew book by Prof. Ellen Helsper: The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities
ARNIC affiliate Prof. Ellen Helsper’s authored book, “The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities” has been published by SAGE. This book explores the relationship between digital and social inequalities, and the lived implications of digitization. Prof. Helsper asks why and how social and digital inequalities are linked and shows the tangible…
Read MoreNew Policy Brief on Lessons from the Emergency Broadband Benefit
ARNIC published a policy brief today on the impact of the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) subsidy on its target beneficiaries. Key findings include a relatively modest impact in bringing unconnected households online, limited impact in rural and less populated areas, a partisan connectivity divide, and lower participation among households with undocumented members. The primary impact…
Read MoreARNIC’s New YouTube Channel
ARNIC now has a YouTube channel. There, you can find recordings of our last three ARNIC seminars from Fall 2021. Dr. John Horrigan’s seminar, dated October 22, “What we know about closing the digital divide” addressed the nature and promise of effectively addressing the digital divide. Dr. Amy Gonzales’s seminar, dated November 5, “Importance of…
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