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20142021
most citedOnline networks destroy social trust

5 citations · 7 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

econ.GN2021

Neo-humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world

Francesco Sarracino, Kelsey J. O'Connor

A series of crises, culminating with COVID-19, shows that going Beyond GDP is urgently necessary. Social and environmental degradation are consequences of emphasizing GDP as a meas…

cs.SI2016

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…

cs.CY2015

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…

econ.GN2014★ 2 cited

It's not the economy, stupid! How social capital and GDP relate to happiness over time

Stefano Bartolini, Francesco Sarracino

What predicts the evolution over time of subjective well-being? We correlate the trends of subjective well-being with the trends of social capital and/or GDP. We find that in the l…

cs.CY2014★ 5 cited

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…

cs.CY2014

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…