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Broadband Internet and Social Capital
Andrea Geraci, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso Reggiani +1
We study how the diffusion of broadband Internet affects social capital using two data sets from the UK. Our empirical strategy exploits the fact that broadband access has long dep…
Online Networks, Social Interaction and Segregation: An Evolutionary Approach
Angelo Antoci, Fabio Sabatini, Francesco Sarracino
We have developed an evolutionary game model, where agents can choose between two forms of social participation: interaction via online social networks and interaction by exclusive…
The ecology of social interactions in online and offline environments
Angelo Antoci, Alexia Delfino, Fabio Paglieri +1
The rise in online social networking has brought about a revolution in social relations. However, its effects on offline interactions and its implications for collective well-being…
Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do online social networks raise social comparisons?
Fabio Sabatini, Francesco Sarracino
Online social networks such as Facebook disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information amplifying the occasions for social comparisons. We test the hypothesis that the us…
Online networks destroy social trust
Fabio Sabatini, Francesco Sarracino
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and m…
Online networks and subjective well-being
Fabio Sabatini, Francesco Sarracino
We argue that the use of online networks may threaten subjective well-being in several ways, due to the inherent attributes of Internet-mediated interaction and through its effects…
Structural social capital and health in Italy
Damiano Fiorillo, Fabio Sabatini
This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Su…