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Happiness and new media

In: Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life

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  • Luca Stanca

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Media consumption plays an increasingly important role in modern societies throughout the world. It is therefore essential to understand its effects. We review the existing evidence on the impact of media consumption on well-being, focusing in particular on television viewing and use of the Internet. In both cases we consider studies that examine the effects of either quantity of use or specific contents. With relatively few exceptions, the empirical literature generally indicates negative effects of television viewing and positive effects of Internet use.

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  • Luca Stanca, 2016. "Happiness and new media," Chapters, in: Luigino Bruni & Pier Luigi Porta (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life, chapter 21, pages 467-482, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Monica Guillen-Royo, 2019. "Television, Sustainability and Subjective Wellbeing in Peru," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(2), pages 895-917, January.

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