The Internet and social capital
Letture essenziali
Antoci, A., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2011). The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Hypertechnological Growing Economy. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. In press.
We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and...
Antoci, F., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2012). See You on Facebook! A framework for analyzing the role of computer-mediated interaction in the evolution of social capital. Journal of Socio-Economics, DOI:j.socec.2012.04.024
Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last...
Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of Facebook "friends:" Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12 (4), article 1
This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site...
Letture importanti
Gentzkow, M., Shapiro, J. M. (2010). Ideological Segregation Online and Offline. Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming
We use individual and aggregate data to ask how the Internet is changing the ideological...
Park, N., Kee, K. F., Valenzuela, S. (2009). Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students' Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 14 (4), 875-901
This study examines if Facebook, one of the most popular social network sites among college...
Gil de Zúñiga, H., Jung, N., Valenzuela, S. (2011). Social media use for news and individuals’ social capital, civic engagement and political participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, forthcoming
Traditional news use activates people’s civic and political involvement and is also related...
Matzat, U. (2010). Reducing problems of sociability in online communities: Integrating online communication with offline interaction. American Behavioral Scientist 53 (8), 1170-1193
Social network researchers claim that relations offline affect relations online. However, it is...
Bauernschuster, S., Falck, O., Woessmann, L. (2011). Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake. SOEP WP 392
Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the...
Steinfield, C., Ellison, N., Lampe, C. (2008). Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 29 (6), 434-445
A longitudinal analysis of panel data from users of a popular online social network site, Facebook...
Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2014). Online networks and subjective well-being. MPRA Paper 56436.
Does Facebook make people lonely and unhappy? Empirical studies have produced conflicting results...
Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2014). E-participation: social capital and the Internet. MPRA Paper 55722.
We add to the literature by conducting the first empirical assessment of how online networking...
Geraci, A., Nardotto, M., Reggiani, T., Sabatini, F. (2018). Broadband Internet and social capital. IZA Discussion Paper No. 11855
We study how the diffusion of broadband Internet affects social capital using two data sets from...
Archivio della reading list
Chi, F., Yang, N. (2011). Twitter Adoption in Congress. Review of Network Economics 10 (1), Article 3.
We study the early adoption of Twitter in the 111th House of Representatives. Our main objective is...
Cooper, R., Madden, G. G. (2008). Internet network externalities. International Journal of Management and Network Economics 1 (1), 21 - 43
A driving force behind the emergence of the ‘new’ or information economy is the growth...
Demange, G, (2010). Sharing information in Web communities. Games and Economic Behavior 68(2), 580-601
The paper investigates information sharing communities. The environment is characterized by the...
Durante, R., Pinotti, P., Tesei, A. (2013). The Political Legacy of News-Free Television: Evidence from the Rise of Berlusconi
Can news-free media influence political behavior? We investigate this issue in the context of...
Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., Lampe, C. (2011). Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices. New Media & Society 13 (6), 873-892
This study assesses whether Facebook users have different ‘connection strategies,’ a...
Fox, S. (2011). Medicine 2.0: Peer-to-peer healthcare. Pew Internet & American Life Research Center
Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand,...
Franzen, A. (2003). Social Capital and the Internet. Evidence from Swiss Panel Data. Kyklos 56 (3), 341-360
A lively debate has recently emerged about the consequences of the diffusion of the Internet....
Gaudel, A., Peroni, C., 2010. Reciprocal attention and norms of reciprocity in blogging networks. Jena Economic Research Papers 2010 - 020.
Bloggers devote significant time not only producing content for others to read, watch or listen...
Gaudeul, A., Mathieu, L., Peroni, C. (2008). Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention. MPRA Paper 11298
Properties of blogging networks are derived from a model where bloggers devote attention to others...
Hampton, K., Goulet, L., Rainie, L., Purcell, K. (2011). Social networking sites and our lives. Pew Internet & American Life Research Center
Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites...
Hampton, K., Wellman, B. (2003). Neighboring in Netville. How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb. City & Community 2 (4)
What is the Internet doing to local community? Analysts have debated about whether the Internet is...
Huvila, I., Holmberg, K., Ek, S., Widén-Wulff, G. (2010). Social capital in Second Life. Online Information Review 34 (2), 295-316
Purpose – Second Life is a user-created online virtual world, which is a place where people...
Kiss, H. S., Rosa-Garcia, A. (2011). Why do Facebook and Twitter facilitate revolutions more than TV and radio? MPRA Paper No 33496.
A distinctive feature of recent revolutions was the key role of social media (e.g. Facebook,...
Kross, E., Verduyn, P. (2013). Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults. PLOS 1 Volume 8 | Issue 8
Over 500 million people interact daily with Facebook. Yet, whether Facebook use influences...
Lenhart, A., Purcell, K., Smith, A., Zickuhr, K. (2010). Social Media and Young Adults. Pew Internet & American Life Research Center
Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and...