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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…
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…