November 14th, 2009, 12:27AM in Internet by Marc LequimeView Comments
Well, to a point, it can be said – the internet makes you respond differently to different content. Research has proven that people respond in a more intelligent, mature fashion and react better to information found while searching, rather than information found while surfing. After conducting a survey, it turns out that 73% of Americans admit to using the internet daily – half of which use it for searching the web, while the other half just use it as a method of passing time.
However, this study does prove something interesting – the internet could start to have adverse side-effects that will only be picked up in the next 20 years. Oh well, it’s not like it’s going to affect us.
Inquistr states:
“Half of the adults surveyed use the Web to find information via search engines, while 38 percent use it simply to pass the time. Internet analysts went further in their behavioral search engine analysis and examined how methods for acquiring news – searching for specific content versus surfing a news Web site – affected readers’ emotional responses while reading news stories. Researchers in the study monitored participants’ heart rate, skin conductance and facial musculature to gauge their emotional responses to unpleasant news. They found that unpleasant content triggered greater emotional responses when readers sought the information by searching rather than surfing.”
Strange that the expected results caused more discontent?
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