How do the Internet and social media affect political outcomes? We review empirical
evidence from the recent political economy literature, focusing primarily on work that …

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 …

How does mobile broadband internet affect approval of government? Using Gallup World
Poll surveys of 840,537 individuals from 2,232 subnational regions in 116 countries from …

We examine whether social media activity can reduce corporate misconduct. We use the
staggered introduction of 3G mobile broadband access across the United States to identify …

How has mobile internet affected political polarization in the United States? Using Gallup
Daily Poll data covering 1,765,114 individuals in 31,499 ZIP codes between 2008 and 2017 …

How does the internet affect young people's mental health? We study this question in the
context of Italy using administrative data on the universe of cases of mental disorders …

This paper presents a review of empirical methods used to assess the behavioral, economic,
and political outcomes of Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the …

The use of the Internet to access news has an impact on African citizens' perceptions of
democracy. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the Afrobarometer survey across 35 …

This paper experimentally tests the effectiveness of two short edutainment campaigns
(under 25 minutes) delivered through Facebook Messenger at reshaping gender norms and …

Does social media or real-life social contacts overcome collective action problems more
effectively, when both types of networks are prevalent? We investigate non-violent protests …