Hernan Galperin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hernan Galperin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hernan |
| FAMILY NAME | Galperin |
| SIGNATURE | GALPERIN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7244-0660 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Can affordable internet increase employment opportunities for low-income workers? Evidence from the Affordable Connectivity Program
This study investigates the labor market impacts of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the largest U.S. initiative to date aimed at reducing income-based disparities in Internet access. We assess ACP’s effects on labor force participation and employment and test the hypothesis that a key impact mechanism is the expansion of remote work opportunities for program recipients. Using large-scale national datasets, we also explore heterogeneity…
Understanding uptake in demand-side broadband subsidy programs
Welfare Stigma and the Take-Up of Consumer Broadband Subsidies
Limited participation in broadband subsidy programs is a growing concern among policymakers and a puzzle for researchers. This study examines participation in Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) across US counties. We propose that local attitudes toward welfare represent an important factor in the take-up of broadband subsidies. To test this hypothesis, we model program participation on multiple covariates using two different m…
Pop cosmopolitanism and online language learning
This article considers the burgeoning online market for language learning as representative of an emerging form of Internet-enabled pop cosmopolitanism. The analysis is based upon a survey-experiment conducted on one of the world’s largest online language learning platforms. Drawing on theories of media globalization, cosmopolitanism and language ideologies, the study explores the factors that drive participation in online language learning and t…
Factors driving teacher selection on online language tutoring platforms
202307 bcww
The impact of broadband on poverty reduction in rural Ecuador
Live Instruction Predicts Engagement in K–12 Remote Learning
How does live instruction relate to student engagement in distance learning? Does the relationship differ across grade levels? This study addresses these questions by examining data from a random sample of families from a large urban school district in southern California. We find a strong correlation between live instruction and student engagement in online learning among elementary school students, with every additional hour of live instruction…
Employment and the gender digital divide in Latin America
Who gets access to fast broadband? Evidence from Los Angeles County
The power divide
This study explores mobile phone use among people experiencing homelessness in downtown Los Angeles. It explores usage patterns and connectivity challenges, and how these affect access to social services as well as opportunities for information seeking, skills building, and social capital formation. To characterize the unreliable conditions under which this population uses mobile phones, we introduce the concept of access instability to capture n…
This Gig Is Not for Women”
This study examines gender segregation in the context of the so-called gig economy. In particular, it explores the role that stereotypes about male and female occupations play in sorting men and women into different jobs in an online freelance marketplace. The findings suggest that gender stereotypes are particularly salient in online hiring because employers typically contract for short-term, relatively low-value jobs based on limited informatio…
Learning from or leaning on? The impact of children on Internet use by adults
Scholars have observed that children can promote Internet adoption among adults by positively influencing skills acquisition. However, it is also possible that children discourage online engagement by adults, who may lean on them to act as proxy users. Both processes have been theorized, but the net result of these opposite effects has not been empirically tested. This study provides such a test, sourcing data from large-scale surveys in six Lati…
Comunicación e integración en la era digital
En este trabajo se analizan las bases sobre las que se está desarrollando el proceso de transición hacia la TV digital en Brasil y Argentina, y se discuten las posibilidades que la transición presenta para replantear la estructura de mercado y el modelo de regulación de la TV abierta en los países del Mercosur. La principal hipótesis es que la TV digital abre una oportunidad única para reformar el actual modelo de radiodifusión basado en la conce…
The Microtelco Opportunity
ICT networks and services are not effectively reaching the poor, particularly those living in rural areas. Public subsidies for traditional operators to cover the difference between tariffs and cost-recovery levels have proved limited in addressing this continuing gap. This article explores the role that could be played by a largely unnoticed set of actors we call microtelcos¿small-scale telecom operators that combine local entrepreneurship, inno…
Wireless Communication and Development
This issue of ITID brings together ave perspectives on the role wireless technologies can play in the deployment of communication infrastructure and services throughout developing regions. They were selected from the papers presented at the workshop Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective, organized by the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, at the University of Southern California, in October 2005.1 Hi…
Wireless Networks and Rural Development
Recent developments in wireless networking are raising new hopes for sustainable Internet diffusion in the rural areas of the developing world. These technologies allow drastic reductions in deployment costs, particularly for last-mile connectivity in low-density areas. More important, they make possible an infrastructure development model based on community-shared resources, small-scale investments, and user experimentation. This paper argues th…
New Television, Old Politics
This book examines the economic, political, and technological forces that are shaping the future of broadcasting in advanced industrialized nations by comparing the transition from analog to digital TV in the US and Britain. Digital TV involves a major reordering of the broadcast sector that requires governments to rethink governance tools for the digital media era. By looking at how the transition is unfolding in these nations, the book uncovers…
Beyond Interests, Ideas, and Technology
This article examines the theoretical assumptions generally used in communication and information policy studies, and suggests that more attention to the institutional determinants of public policies is needed. The first part discusses three alternative theoretical approaches: the interest-group approach, the ideological approach, and the technology-centered approach. The second part outlines the conceptual tools of the new institutionalism appro…
New Television, Old Politics
Regulatory Reform in the Broadcasting Industries of Brazil and Argentina in the 1990s
Regulatory reform has changed the organization of the broadcasting industry in Brazil and Argentina in the past decade. Although responding to a similar set of pressure, the pace, instruments, and character of reforms have been different in the 2 countries, resulting in media markets of diverse natures. This study argues that these different policy outcomes in the reform of broadcasting regulation in Brazil and Argentina reflect variations in thr…
Discourse Ethics and the Regulation of Media
This article draws on Jürgen Habermas's discourse ethics work to build a case for the regulation of U.S. media, with particular attention to the newspaper. The authors focus on two facets of Habermas's theory: they draw on his distinction between the system and the lifeworld to illustrate the need to protect sites for democratic discourse, and outline his idea of the ideal speech situation as a tool for critique. Against this dual-level theoretic…
Cultural Industries in the Age of Free-Trade Agreements
This paper examines how cultural industries have been integrated into different free-trade /regional integration agreements. The cases of NAFTA, the EU, MERCOSUR, and GATT are compared. Each of these trade agreements has combined liberalization, co-operation, and exemption in unique ways, resulting in different policy outcomes. Industry structure, domestic communication policies, and cultural factors are explored in order to account for each coun…
Cultural industries policy in regional trade agreements
This article compares cultural industries policy in three regional trade areas: NAFTA, the EU and the MERCOSUR. Each of these trade regions has uniquely combined liberalization, cooperation and exemption, resulting in different policy outcomes. Three factors are explored to account for these differences: industry profile, domestic communication policies and cultural distance. While in the NAFTA cultural products are treated as commodities, the EU…
Education for Democracy in Argentina
Journal Article EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN ARGENTINA: EFFECTS OF A NEWSPAPER-IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM Get access Steven Chaffe, Steven Chaffe Steven Chaffee is Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, and chair of the Department of Communication, at Stanford University. His research interests include political communication, family communication processes, and mass media effects. He is a former editor of the journal Communication Research…
Cultural industries policy in regional trade agreements
This article compares cultural industries policy in three regional trade areas: NAFTA, the EU and the MERCOSUR. Each of these trade regions has uniquely combined liberalization, cooperation and exemption, resulting in different policy outcomes. Three factors are explored to account for these differences: industry profile, domestic communication policies and cultural distance. While in the NAFTA cultural products are treated as commodities, the EU…
Learning from or leaning on? The impact of children on Internet use by adults
Scholars have observed that children can promote Internet adoption among adults by positively influencing skills acquisition. However, it is also possible that children discourage online engagement by adults, who may lean on them to act as proxy users. Both processes have been theorized, but the net result of these opposite effects has not been empirically tested. This study provides such a test, sourcing data from large-scale surveys in six Lati…
Education for Democracy in Argentina
Journal Article EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN ARGENTINA: EFFECTS OF A NEWSPAPER-IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM Get access Steven Chaffe, Steven Chaffe Steven Chaffee is Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, and chair of the Department of Communication, at Stanford University. His research interests include political communication, family communication processes, and mass media effects. He is a former editor of the journal Communication Research…
This Gig Is Not for Women”
This study examines gender segregation in the context of the so-called gig economy. In particular, it explores the role that stereotypes about male and female occupations play in sorting men and women into different jobs in an online freelance marketplace. The findings suggest that gender stereotypes are particularly salient in online hiring because employers typically contract for short-term, relatively low-value jobs based on limited informatio…
The power divide
This study explores mobile phone use among people experiencing homelessness in downtown Los Angeles. It explores usage patterns and connectivity challenges, and how these affect access to social services as well as opportunities for information seeking, skills building, and social capital formation. To characterize the unreliable conditions under which this population uses mobile phones, we introduce the concept of access instability to capture n…
Beyond Interests, Ideas, and Technology
This article examines the theoretical assumptions generally used in communication and information policy studies, and suggests that more attention to the institutional determinants of public policies is needed. The first part discusses three alternative theoretical approaches: the interest-group approach, the ideological approach, and the technology-centered approach. The second part outlines the conceptual tools of the new institutionalism appro…
Welfare Stigma and the Take-Up of Consumer Broadband Subsidies
Limited participation in broadband subsidy programs is a growing concern among policymakers and a puzzle for researchers. This study examines participation in Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) across US counties. We propose that local attitudes toward welfare represent an important factor in the take-up of broadband subsidies. To test this hypothesis, we model program participation on multiple covariates using two different m…
Live Instruction Predicts Engagement in K–12 Remote Learning
How does live instruction relate to student engagement in distance learning? Does the relationship differ across grade levels? This study addresses these questions by examining data from a random sample of families from a large urban school district in southern California. We find a strong correlation between live instruction and student engagement in online learning among elementary school students, with every additional hour of live instruction…
Who gets access to fast broadband? Evidence from Los Angeles County
Education for Democracy in Argentina
Journal Article EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN ARGENTINA: EFFECTS OF A NEWSPAPER-IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM Get access Steven Chaffe, Steven Chaffe Steven Chaffee is Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, and chair of the Department of Communication, at Stanford University. His research interests include political communication, family communication processes, and mass media effects. He is a former editor of the journal Communication Research…
Cultural Industries in the Age of Free-Trade Agreements
This paper examines how cultural industries have been integrated into different free-trade /regional integration agreements. The cases of NAFTA, the EU, MERCOSUR, and GATT are compared. Each of these trade agreements has combined liberalization, co-operation, and exemption in unique ways, resulting in different policy outcomes. Industry structure, domestic communication policies, and cultural factors are explored in order to account for each coun…
Cultural industries policy in regional trade agreements
This article compares cultural industries policy in three regional trade areas: NAFTA, the EU and the MERCOSUR. Each of these trade regions has uniquely combined liberalization, cooperation and exemption, resulting in different policy outcomes. Three factors are explored to account for these differences: industry profile, domestic communication policies and cultural distance. While in the NAFTA cultural products are treated as commodities, the EU…
Regulatory Reform in the Broadcasting Industries of Brazil and Argentina in the 1990s
Regulatory reform has changed the organization of the broadcasting industry in Brazil and Argentina in the past decade. Although responding to a similar set of pressure, the pace, instruments, and character of reforms have been different in the 2 countries, resulting in media markets of diverse natures. This study argues that these different policy outcomes in the reform of broadcasting regulation in Brazil and Argentina reflect variations in thr…
Discourse Ethics and the Regulation of Media
This article draws on Jürgen Habermas's discourse ethics work to build a case for the regulation of U.S. media, with particular attention to the newspaper. The authors focus on two facets of Habermas's theory: they draw on his distinction between the system and the lifeworld to illustrate the need to protect sites for democratic discourse, and outline his idea of the ideal speech situation as a tool for critique. Against this dual-level theoretic…
New Television, Old Politics
This book examines the economic, political, and technological forces that are shaping the future of broadcasting in advanced industrialized nations by comparing the transition from analog to digital TV in the US and Britain. Digital TV involves a major reordering of the broadcast sector that requires governments to rethink governance tools for the digital media era. By looking at how the transition is unfolding in these nations, the book uncovers…
Beyond Interests, Ideas, and Technology
This article examines the theoretical assumptions generally used in communication and information policy studies, and suggests that more attention to the institutional determinants of public policies is needed. The first part discusses three alternative theoretical approaches: the interest-group approach, the ideological approach, and the technology-centered approach. The second part outlines the conceptual tools of the new institutionalism appro…
New Television, Old Politics
Wireless Networks and Rural Development
Recent developments in wireless networking are raising new hopes for sustainable Internet diffusion in the rural areas of the developing world. These technologies allow drastic reductions in deployment costs, particularly for last-mile connectivity in low-density areas. More important, they make possible an infrastructure development model based on community-shared resources, small-scale investments, and user experimentation. This paper argues th…
The Microtelco Opportunity
ICT networks and services are not effectively reaching the poor, particularly those living in rural areas. Public subsidies for traditional operators to cover the difference between tariffs and cost-recovery levels have proved limited in addressing this continuing gap. This article explores the role that could be played by a largely unnoticed set of actors we call microtelcos¿small-scale telecom operators that combine local entrepreneurship, inno…
Wireless Communication and Development
This issue of ITID brings together ave perspectives on the role wireless technologies can play in the deployment of communication infrastructure and services throughout developing regions. They were selected from the papers presented at the workshop Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective, organized by the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, at the University of Southern California, in October 2005.1 Hi…
Comunicación e integración en la era digital
En este trabajo se analizan las bases sobre las que se está desarrollando el proceso de transición hacia la TV digital en Brasil y Argentina, y se discuten las posibilidades que la transición presenta para replantear la estructura de mercado y el modelo de regulación de la TV abierta en los países del Mercosur. La principal hipótesis es que la TV digital abre una oportunidad única para reformar el actual modelo de radiodifusión basado en la conce…
Learning from or leaning on? The impact of children on Internet use by adults
Scholars have observed that children can promote Internet adoption among adults by positively influencing skills acquisition. However, it is also possible that children discourage online engagement by adults, who may lean on them to act as proxy users. Both processes have been theorized, but the net result of these opposite effects has not been empirically tested. This study provides such a test, sourcing data from large-scale surveys in six Lati…
This Gig Is Not for Women”
This study examines gender segregation in the context of the so-called gig economy. In particular, it explores the role that stereotypes about male and female occupations play in sorting men and women into different jobs in an online freelance marketplace. The findings suggest that gender stereotypes are particularly salient in online hiring because employers typically contract for short-term, relatively low-value jobs based on limited informatio…
The power divide
This study explores mobile phone use among people experiencing homelessness in downtown Los Angeles. It explores usage patterns and connectivity challenges, and how these affect access to social services as well as opportunities for information seeking, skills building, and social capital formation. To characterize the unreliable conditions under which this population uses mobile phones, we introduce the concept of access instability to capture n…
Employment and the gender digital divide in Latin America
Who gets access to fast broadband? Evidence from Los Angeles County
The impact of broadband on poverty reduction in rural Ecuador
Live Instruction Predicts Engagement in K–12 Remote Learning
How does live instruction relate to student engagement in distance learning? Does the relationship differ across grade levels? This study addresses these questions by examining data from a random sample of families from a large urban school district in southern California. We find a strong correlation between live instruction and student engagement in online learning among elementary school students, with every additional hour of live instruction…
Pop cosmopolitanism and online language learning
This article considers the burgeoning online market for language learning as representative of an emerging form of Internet-enabled pop cosmopolitanism. The analysis is based upon a survey-experiment conducted on one of the world’s largest online language learning platforms. Drawing on theories of media globalization, cosmopolitanism and language ideologies, the study explores the factors that drive participation in online language learning and t…
Factors driving teacher selection on online language tutoring platforms
202307 bcww
Understanding uptake in demand-side broadband subsidy programs
Welfare Stigma and the Take-Up of Consumer Broadband Subsidies
Limited participation in broadband subsidy programs is a growing concern among policymakers and a puzzle for researchers. This study examines participation in Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) across US counties. We propose that local attitudes toward welfare represent an important factor in the take-up of broadband subsidies. To test this hypothesis, we model program participation on multiple covariates using two different m…
Can affordable internet increase employment opportunities for low-income workers? Evidence from the Affordable Connectivity Program
This study investigates the labor market impacts of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the largest U.S. initiative to date aimed at reducing income-based disparities in Internet access. We assess ACP’s effects on labor force participation and employment and test the hypothesis that a key impact mechanism is the expansion of remote work opportunities for program recipients. Using large-scale national datasets, we also explore heterogeneity…
Economics (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Business (12 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (12 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Telecommunications (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · The Internet (6 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 works)