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“l(fā)ove to agree”with the research. But she said too much other things showed thatthe Internet and social media just aren’t safe.

每當(dāng)我們讀到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，看到的大多都是壞消息———它讓我們運(yùn)動(dòng)得更少，擔(dān)心更多，與他人相處的時(shí)間更少。但是請(qǐng)等一下，因?yàn)榕＝虼髮W(xué)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(jīng)歷相關(guān)。

事實(shí)上，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)他們觀察世界各地的人時(shí)，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)與更高的幸福感相關(guān)聯(lián)。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的接入和使用總是與幸福感聯(lián)系在一起。

根據(jù)研究結(jié)果，能上網(wǎng)的人比不能上網(wǎng)的人對(duì)生活的滿意度更高。其中一名研究人員馬蒂·武奧雷說，他對(duì)這個(gè)結(jié)果感到驚訝。華威大學(xué)的什維塔·辛格沒有參與這項(xiàng)研究，她告訴《衛(wèi)報(bào)》她將“樂意贊同”這項(xiàng)研究。但她表示，太多其他事情表明，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和社交媒體并不安全。

▏Notes

1. experience 經(jīng)歷；往事

2. associate 將……聯(lián)系起來

3. access 獲得的機(jī)會(huì)；使用權(quán)；對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)存儲(chǔ)器的訪問、存取

4. level 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；水平

5. satisfaction 滿意；稱心