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Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation / Filipe R. Campante, Ruben Durante, Francesco Sobbrio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campante, Filipe R.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w19029.
- NBER working paper series no. w19029
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- We investigate the causal impact of broadband Internet on political participation using data from Italy. We show that this impact varies across different forms of political engagement and over time. Initially, broadband had a negative effect on turnout in national elections, driven by increased abstention of ideologically extreme voters. Meanwhile, however, broadband fostered other forms of online and offline participation. Over time, the negative effect was reverted due to the emergence of new political entrepreneurs who used the Internet to convert the initial "exit" back into "voice". Overall, these nuanced effects underscore the general equilibrium dynamic induced by the Internet.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2013.
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