全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do Online Social Networks Raise Social Comparisons?

G2TT

来源类型	FEEM working papers "Note di lavoro" series
规范类型	论文
	Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do Online Social Networks Raise Social Comparisons?
	Fabio Sabatini; Francesco Sarracino
发表日期	2016
出处	Economic Theory
出版年	2016
语种	英语
摘要	Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information amplifying the occasions for social comparisons, which can be a cause of frustration. We test the hypothesis that the use of social networking sites (SNS) increases social comparisons as proxied by people’s dissatisfaction with their income and we compare the effect of SNS in Western and Eastern European countries. After controlling for the possibility of reverse causality, our results suggest that SNS users have a higher probability to compare their achievements with those of others. In Western countries, this leads individuals to a lower satisfaction with their economic conditions. The opposite holds in Eastern countries, where upward comparisons seemingly strengthen the hope that an improvement in individuals’ economic conditions will occur (so called “tunnel effect”). We conclude that SNS can be a strong engine of frustration for their users depending on the institutional and economic circumstances. *** Suggested citation: Sabatini, F., F. Sarracino, (2016), 'Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do Online Social Networks Raise Social Comparisons?', Nota di Lavoro 32.2016, Milan, Italy: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
特色分类	D83;I31;O33;Z1;Z13
关键词	Social Networks Social Networking Sites Social Comparisons Satisfaction with Income Relative Deprivation
URL	https://www.feem.it/en/publications/feem-working-papers-note-di-lavoro-series/keeping-up-with-the-e-joneses-do-online-social-networks-raise-social-comparisons/
来源智库	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Italy)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/118480
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fabio Sabatini,Francesco Sarracino. Keeping up with the e-Joneses: Do Online Social Networks Raise Social Comparisons?. 2016.

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