Upcoming Events
Join us for a special ARNIC seminar on 4/22 at 5:00PM PT led by Dr. Nicole P. Marwell titled: “A New Approach to Measuring Digital Redlining” About the Talk The term “digital redlining” is often used to refer to different aspects of the structural exclusion of certain groups from the benefits of the Internet. Internet…
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Join us for a special ARNIC seminar on 4/15 at 5:00PM PT led by Lilian Coral titled: “Trump’s Tech Governance: Making Sense of the Administration’s First 100 Days“ About the Talk At a time when there is a slew of new information surrounding the administration’s quick and vast executive actions, the Open Technology Institute (OTI)…
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Join us on Tuesday, October 6th @ 12:30 to meet the experts working in the Internet Governance field. The Annenberg Research Network on International Communication (ARNIC) is inviting for a special session of its regular research seminar that will focus on emerging themes and ongoing challenges in Internet Governance. Please join us for a panel…
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Join us on September 22nd @ 12:30pm for Sharon Strover’s talk, “Mind Games: Disinformation, Social Media and Protest” Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 970 8360 0127 Passcode: 382518; USC faculty/students can join by signing in their @usc.edu account) This talk discusses some work-in-progress examining disinformation efforts in the US. Starting with the IRA’s Facebook efforts…
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Michael D. Smith – THE ABUNDANT UNIVERSITY: How technology is remaking what, where, and how we learn
Join us on September 18th at 9:30 for Michael D. Smith’s discussion, “THE ABUNDANT UNIVERSITY: How technology is remaking what, where, and how we learn.” Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 965 4678 6615, Passcode: 131676; USC faculty/students can join by signing in their @usc.edu account) Over the past quarter century new information technologies have transformed nearly…
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Join us on Thursday, February 27th at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Olivia González and Sierra Bray’s talk about “Power(ing) Up and Connecting in the Unequal Technopolis: Mobile Access and Charging from the Margins” In a paper co-authored with Matthew Bui (USC Annenberg), Olivia González and Sierra Bray examine the power structures and relations embedded…
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Join us on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Steven Weber’s talk about “How to make Machine Translation a Force for Liberalism in Global Trade and Communications” This work-in-progress explores the hypothesis that human language has now become a central barrier to ‘interoperability’ in communication and trade. I argue that machine translation…
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Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:30 in ASC 236 for James Prieger’s talk about “Entrepreneurship in Minority Areas: The Roles of Broadband Availability and Financial Constraints” This empirical study uses a panel dataset to investigate the links among entrepreneurship, broadband, and local financial markets in focusing on minority areas. This topic is of particular…
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Join us on Thursday, November 21st at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Hoan Nguyen’s discussion about “From Passing to Changing: Digitally Mediated Anti-Stigmatization Practices among Homeless Women” This study examines the role digital technology played in countering social discrimination in the lives of homeless women in Los Angeles, drawing on several theoretical perspectives on stigma…
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Join us on Thursday, October 31st at 12:30 in ASC 225 for Gabriel Laender’s discussion, “Blockchain for Policy: A Pragmatic Framework for Assessing Impact” Blockchain enthusiasts not only are eagerly engaged in a lively debate over the future of society, they are also actively pursuing their collective dreams. They seek as much to remake the institutions central to…
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Join us on Friday, September 27th at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Santosh K.Patra’s discussion, “Politics as “Popular Culture” & its Digital Manifestation: An Indian State Election & a Few Twitter #Hashtag trends” The debate over “popular” and “culture”, has always led to the subjective explanation of individual and social practices. However, the question w.r.t. “popular for whom,…
Read More »If you are interested in learning more about the work of the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication (ARNIC), please come to the information/planning seminar that will take place on Thursday, September 12 from 1-2pm in ASC 230. During this seminar, ARNIC faculty and students will discuss their ongoing research projects, including our work with…
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