Internet Use May Be Good for Well-being 使用互聯網可能有益于提升幸福感

Whenever we read about the Internet， it’s mostly bad news—it’s making usmove less， worry more and spend less time with others. But hold on just a second，because researchers from the University of Oxford say past studies have been donetoo much about the experiences1 of people in the world’s richer countries.

In fact， they found that when they looked at the experiences of people allaround the world， the Internet was associated2 with better well-being. The studyfound that internet access3 and use were always associated with well-being.

According to the results， people who had access to the internet had higher levels4 of life satisfaction5 than those who didn’t have access. One of theresearchers， Matti Vuorre， said he was surprised by the results. The University ofWarwick’s Shweta Singh， who was not in the research， told she would“love to agree”with the research. But she said too much other things showed thatthe Internet and social media just aren’t safe.

每當我們讀到互聯網相關的內容，看到的大多都是壞消息———它讓我們運動得更少，擔心更多，與他人相處的時間更少。但是請等一下，因為牛津大學的研究人員說，過去的研究過多與世界上較富裕國家的人的經歷相關。

事實上，他們發現，當他們觀察世界各地的人時，互聯網與更高的幸福感相關聯。研究發現，互聯網的接入和使用總是與幸福感聯系在一起。

根據研究結果，能上網的人比不能上網的人對生活的滿意度更高。其中一名研究人員馬蒂·武奧雷說，他對這個結果感到驚訝。華威大學的什維塔·辛格沒有參與這項研究，她告訴《衛報》她將“樂意贊同”這項研究。但她表示，太多其他事情表明，互聯網和社交媒體并不安全。

▏Notes

1. experience 經歷；往事

2. associate 將……聯系起來

3. access 獲得的機會；使用權；對計算機存儲器的訪問、存取

4. level 標準；水平

5. satisfaction 滿意；稱心