social and political participation to interpersonal trust, in its benign and destructive manifestations. The impact of media … technologies hinges on their content ("information" vs "entertainment"), their effectiveness in fostering coordination, and the …We survey the empirical literature in economics on the impact of media technologies on social capital. Motivated by a …

Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This … undertaking allows us to highlight the key empirical challenges in the field of Internet and social media economics while …

Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This … undertaking allows us to highlight the key empirical challenges in the field of Internet and social media economics while …

results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …

This paper studies how social media affect protest dynamics in China during 2009-2017. Based on 13.2 billion microblog … posts, we use tweets and retweets to measure social media communication across cities and exploit its rapid expansion for … identification. We find that despite strict government control, Chinese social media have a sizeable effect on the geographic spread …

This paper explores the role of mass media in people's perceptions of charismatic leaders, focusing on the case of … postal service. The major findings are: (1) the frequency of exposure to mass media is positively related to the support for …

In this study, we propose a novel approach to detect supply-side media bias, independent of external factors like … analysis into articles' transition to print and podcasts suggests that increased competition may reduce media bias, indicating …