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See you on Facebook! A framework for analyzing the role of computer-mediated interaction

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  • Antoci, Angelo

    (Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit)

  • Sabatini, Fabio

    (Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit)

  • Sodini, Mauro

    (Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit)

Abstract

Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has been often attributed to pervasive busyness and the rising pressure of time. In this paper we argue that computer-mediated interaction, and particularly online networking, can help mitigate this downward trend. We develop a logical framework for assessing the role of the internet in the evolution of social participation. We analyze an economy where agents can develop their social interactions through two main modes of participation, one encompassing both online networking and face to face interactions, and another solely based on physical encounters. We study the interdependence between the rise in the pressure of time and the variation in the relative performance of the two strategies of participation.

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  • Antoci, Angelo & Sabatini, Fabio & Sodini, Mauro, 2011. "See you on Facebook! A framework for analyzing the role of computer-mediated interaction," AICCON Working Papers 83-2011, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:aiccon:2011_083
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    1. Fabio Sabatini, 2011. "Can a click buy a little happiness? The impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce on subjective well-being," EERI Research Paper Series EERI_RP_2011_12, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels.
    2. Sabatini Fabio, 2011. "Can a click buy a little happiness? The impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce on subjective well-being," wp.comunite 0076, Department of Communication, University of Teramo.

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    Keywords

    internet; computer-mediated communication; online networking; Facebook; social networks; social capital.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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