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TY - JOUR
T1 - Media and social capital
AU - Campante, Filipe
AU - Durante, Ruben
AU - Tesei, Andrea
PY - 2022/8/31
Y1 - 2022/8/31
N2 - We survey the empirical literature in economics on the impact of media technologies on social capital. Guided by a simple model of information and collective action, we cover a range of different outcomes related to social capitalfrom social and political participation to interpersonal trustin its benign and destructive manifestations. The impact of media technologies hinges on their content (information versus entertainment), their effectiveness in fostering coordination, and the networks they create as well as on individual characteristics and media consumption choices.
AB - We survey the empirical literature in economics on the impact of media technologies on social capital. Guided by a simple model of information and collective action, we cover a range of different outcomes related to social capitalfrom social and political participation to interpersonal trustin its benign and destructive manifestations. The impact of media technologies hinges on their content (information versus entertainment), their effectiveness in fostering coordination, and the networks they create as well as on individual characteristics and media consumption choices.
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-economics-083121-050914
DO - 10.1146/annurev-economics-083121-050914
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 69
EP - 91
JO - Annual Review of Economics
JF - Annual Review of Economics
SN - 1941-1383
ER -