Watching alone: Relational goods, television and happiness

By L. Bruni, Luca Stanca. 2008

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Internet use and well-being: A survey and a theoretical framework (2018, background): “Overall, though, the majority of early studies on this topic indicated that use of the Internet could have negative impacts on social life and well-being, mostly due to the fact that online communication simply substitutes ordinary face-to-face interactions and decreases time that individuals devote”
Happier and less isolated: internet use in old age (2012, background): “Note that the variable measures private or recreational internet use, and explicitly excludes work related use.”
Social capital and subjective well-being trends: Comparing 11 western European countries (2010, neutral): “Putnam’s finding has been carefully scrutinised by Paxton (1999); Robinson and Jackson (2001); Costa and Kahn (2003), and Bartolini et al.”
Life satisfaction and air quality in London (2009, background): “Trust and social capital (or ‘relational good’) coefficients are all positive and highly significant, as found by Bruni and Stanca (2008) and predicted by theorists such as Putnam (1995).”
Does the Internet Make People Happier (2011, positive): “Since the consumption of relational goods is source of happiness (Bruni and Stanca, 2008; Gui and Stanca, 2010), Internet use can improve well-being by increasing the time dedicated to relational activities..”
When Does Economic Growth Improve Life Satisfaction? Multilevel Analysis of the Roles of Social Trust and Income Inequality in 46 Countries, 1981–2012 (2017, background): “For individuals, social capital and the quality of their relationships positively correlate with their subjective well-being (Bruni and Stanca, 2008; Helliwell, 2006; Helliwell and Putnam, 2004).”
Suffer the little children: Measuring the effects of parenthood on well-being worldwide (2012, positive): “This literature has contributed to shed light on the determinants and implications of choices in a number of different domains, from marriage (Frey and Stutzer, 2006) to volunteering (Meier and Stutzer, 2008) and interpersonal relationships (Bruni and Stanca, 2008).”
Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Europe: A New Approach on Social Capital (2012, positive): “1999), whereas in the economic literature the importance of social relationship has been often emphasized using the term ‘relational goods’ (Uhlaner 1989; Gui and Sugden 2005; Bruni and Stanca 2008).”
The Dark Side of Chinese Growth: Declining Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Economic Boom (2015, background): “In particular the quality of personal relationships has a large, substantive impact on well-being (Helliwell, 2006; Helliwell & Putnam, 2004; Becchetti, Pelloni, & Rossetti, 2008; Bruni & Stanca, 2008).”
Income, relational goods and happiness (2011, neutral): “F o r Bruni and Stanca (2005) argue that personality and absence of instrumental motivations are key elements aﬀecting the quality of relational goods and that the economic literature on the role of sociality on happiness is paralleled by several contributions from psychologists on the crucial…”
Does residents' perceived life satisfaction vary with tourist season? A two-step survey in a Mediterranean destination (2016, methodology): “Following a common standard procedure in the empirical literature (Bruni & Stanca, 2008; Frey & Stutzer, 2002; OECD 2011; Veenhoven, 2009; 2007; World Values Survey, 2009), the first question was devoted to capture a preliminary assessment of their overall life satisfaction, as measured by a…”