Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages

In "Bowling Alone," Putnam (1995) famously argued that the rise of television may be responsible for social capital's decline. I investigate this hypothesis in the context of Indonesian villages. To identify the impact of exposure to television (and radio), I exploit plausibly exogenous differences

在《独自打保龄》（*Bowling Alone*）一书中，普特南（Putnam, 1995）曾提出一个著名观点：电视的兴起或许是导致社会资本（social capital）下降的原因。本文以印度尼西亚村庄为研究背景，对这一假设展开验证。为明确接触电视（及广播）的影响，本文利用了具有合理外生性的差异。