Nathalie successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on April 30th.  Her committee members were Professors Christina Dunbar-Hester, Patrick James (POIR), Shawn Powers (Georgia State Univ.), and Patricia Riley (Chair).
Nathalie’s dissertation title is “Use Signal, Use Tor? The Political Economy of Digital Rights Technology.”
Nahoi successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on May 1st.  Her committee members were Professors Mike Ananny, Jonathan Aronson, Manuel Castells (Chair), and Peter Monge.  Nahoi’s dissertation title is “Silicon Valley in the 21st Century: Entrepreneurial Resilience and Networked Innovation.”
Congratulations to both –… Read More » “Congratulations to ARNIC members Drs. Nathalie Marechal and Nahoi Koo – our latest PhD graduates!”

Shabnam successfully defended her dissertation on April 19th.  Her committee members were Professors Jonathan Aronson, Manuel Castells (Chair), Nick Cull, and Peter Robertson (Price School).  Shabnam’s dissertation title is “The Missing Link in Global Value Chains: Women-Owned SME’s in Emerging Markets.”
Congratulations Dr. Shalizi – we look forward to following your career!… Read More » “Congratulations to ARNIC member Dr Shabnam Shalizi – our latest PhD graduate!”

On Tuesday ARNIC was joined by Mark Cotham who spoke on the challenges of librarianship in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mark Cotham is a largely retired attorney who practiced for over thirty years, primarily prosecuting claims by royalty owners against the world’s largest oil companies. Today, he runs a small non-profit (Good Steward Global Initiative) in Houston, Texas that establishes libraries in the developing world. He travels to East Africa 2-3 times a year to establish libraries and is looking forward to his 20th trip there this summer.   … Read More » “Mark Cotham speaks to ARNIC on the challenges of librarianship in Sub-Saharan Africa”

This week we are putting the spotlight on third year doctoral student Matt Bui. In addition to his research at USC, Matt is also the Randall Lewis Data Science Fellow at the Southern California Association of Governments.
 
Name: Matthew Bui
General research interests: urban data science, digital inclusion, digital and data equity, telecommunications policy

What projects are you currently working on?
1. Yelp and hipster coffee shops in Los Angeles: The mediation of neighborhood change…. Read More » “Meet an ARNIC member – Matt Bui”

On Tuesday Professor Mimi Ito joined ARNIC for our lunchtime seminar series.
Professor Ito is a cultural anthropologist of technology use, examining children and youth’s changing relationships to media and communications. She is Professor in Residence and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at the University of California, Irvine. She is director of the Connected Learning Lab, and chairs the MacArthur Connected Learning Research Network. Her co-authored book, Hanging Out,… Read More » “Mimi Ito speaks to ARNIC on equity by design in learning technologies”

This week ARNIC welcomed Dr Myria Georgiou to speak to members about her research team’s work on coverage of the “refugee crisis” in European press.
Dr Georgiou is a visiting scholar at USC Annenberg this year and is currently working on two projects: a book on life in the digital city and a new project on the digital making of the city of refuge (funded by the Rockefeller Foundation). She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Media and Communications,… Read More » “Myria Georgiou speaks to ARNIC on the “refugee crisis” in the European press”

Matthew R. Rantanen is the Director of Technology for the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA) and Director of the Tribal Digital Village (TDVNet) Network/Initiative that was started in 2001 designing and deploying wireless networking to support the tribal communities of Southern California.
Matthew, of Finnish, Cree Indian, and Norwegian decent, has been described as a “cyber warrior for community networking.” He is an advocate for net-neutrality, broadband for everyone, and opening more spectrum for public consumption,… Read More » “Matthew Rantanen speaks to ARNIC seminar on wireless networking in tribal communities”

Last week ARNIC members attended a convening organized by the Ford and Hewlett foundations on ‘Digital Disinformation and Political Polarization.’ The meeting bought together researchers from across the country to discuss the research gaps, data needs and real-world application of scholarship into disinformation and political conversation.
Also in attendance were representatives from several top social media platforms including Facebook, Reddit and Twitter. The convening gave researchers the chance to connect with platforms to seek out future partnerships aimed at better understanding the proliferation of ‘fake news’ and the rise of digital disinformation…. Read More » “ARNIC attends the Ford and Hewlett Foundation ‘Digital Disinformation and Political Polarization’ Scholars Convening”