Upcoming Events
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…
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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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Join us on September 03 at 12:30 in ASC 225 for Sunghan Ryu’s discussion, “The Effect of Crowdfunding Success on Subsequent Financing Outcomes of Start-ups: A Signaling Theory Perspective.” From the perspective of signaling theory, this study examines how the receipt of crowdfunding (compared with angel investing) is associated with start-ups’ subsequent financing outcomes. Data…
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Join us on April 18 at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Kevin Werbach’s discussion, “The Blockchain as a New Architecture of Trust.” Trust in established institutions is collapsing. Is the much-hyped blockchain a solution, a symptom that will make the problem worse, a fantasy, or something else entirely? Wharton professor Kevin Werbach, author of The Blockchain and the New…
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Join us on April 4 at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Gwen Shaffer’s discussion, “Digital dichotomy: Municipal policy aimed at attracting tech companies while bridging the digital divide.” The city of Long Beach is striving to become a high-tech hub, and laying the groundwork to transform itself into “Silicon Beach.” The second largest city in L.A. County—with a population of…
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