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 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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Join us on March 7 at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Ming Curran’s discussion, “Ethnic Supply and Cosmopolitan Demand: italki and the Online Gig Economy for Language.” Curran’s talk discusses research Ming has previously conducted on italki, focusing on the intersection of nation, race, and language in teachers’ profiles and marketing strategies. It also introduces ongoing research on italki, conducted…
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Join us on February 21 at 12:30 in ANN 310 (please note different building and room than usual) for Dustin Phillips’s discussion, “IGF-USA on the road: The role of emerging scholars in shaping Internet governance.” The Internet impacts nearly every aspect of society in both positive and negative ways. As we look ahead at how we are shaping the future…
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Join us on February 7 at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Jieun Park’s’s discussion, “Flying Internet for the Unwired – How to Implement Sky-Streaming Internet in the Developing World.” Jieun Park, a visiting scholar at USC ARNIC this semester, received Ph.D. in Journalism & Mass Communication from Korea University. She has research experience in broad fields including ICT innovation,…
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Join us on January 24 at 12:30 in ASC 236 for Gabriel Laender’s discussion, “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment.” Gabriel Laender is a Brazilian attorney, ICT researcher and legal tech entrepreneur. He was policy advisor to the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the President´s Office (SAE), and later became telecommunication advisor to the Chief of…
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Join us on November 8 to hear Dr. Tianshu Sun (University of Southern California Marshall School of Business). Tianshu Sun’s research conducted in collaboration with leading private and public sector platforms addresses how firms can use business analytics and large-scale field experiments in conjunction with big data to improve business decisions. His current research focuses on understanding 1) how digital…
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The promise of mobile broadband for minority communities Please join us on Thursday, October 18 at 12:30 pm in ASC 236. We will hear from James E. Prieger, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy. This seminar will review research on the broadband digital divide for minorities in the U.S., and…
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Please join us on Thursday, October 4th at 12:30 in ASC 230 for our next ARNIC meeting. In this meeting, we will plan for the academic year and share research projects and ideas from our members. Professors Hernán Galperin and François Bar will discuss updates on the Connecting Skid Row project, Annenberg PhD students Matt Bui…
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