Happiness in the Digital World

Bruno Frey

Chapter Chapter 14 in Economics of Happiness, 2018, pp 71-72 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Spending a large number of hours on the Internet has positive and negative effects on subjective well-being. Social network users tend to compare their income to those with whom they interact, leading to less satisfaction with their own income. People with a strong inclination to be “liked” on Facebook are less satisfied with the life they lead and feel lonelier. Hours spent on online social networks are negatively correlated with happiness. The overall consequences on subjective well-being of these far-reaching digital developments are yet unknown.

Keywords: Internet; Social networks; Facebook; Social interactions; Income; Trust; Loneliness; Personal freedom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75807-7_14

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