英国小孩:没有互联网会感到孤独和悲伤
“digital futures”项目调查了1000名8-16岁之间的英国儿童，主要问题是有关互联网对他们生活的影响，结果非常不令人乐观，青少年对于网络的依赖程度大大超出想象。66%的12-16岁间人群样本表示没有互联网会感到“悲哀”，而48%的人表示会寂寞。英国市场研究公司intersperience还发现ipad是青少年们最看重的移动设备。
这些小用户中，74%玩游戏，65%使用互联网完成功课，一些青少年还喜欢用网络来“逛街”，对比时尚物品和衣服的价格，年轻用户在网络上的活动比成年人范围更广。
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british children feel 'sad' without internet connection
by emma barnett, digital media editor
british children under the age 12 feel ‘sad’ without an internet connection, a new study has found.
新的研究表明，12岁以下英国儿童，没有互联网会感到悲伤
forty-nine per cent of british children aged 12 and under, would be sad without access to the web, while one in five would be lonely.
如果没有互联网的链接，49%的12岁以下英国儿童会感到悲伤，1/5的人会有孤独感。
the ‘digital futures’ project, which surveyed 1,000 young people in the uk between the ages of eight and 16 about the impact of the internet on their lives, found that the emotional attachment to the web was even stronger with teenagers.
sixty per cent of those aged between 12 and 16, said they would be “sad” without a web connection, while 48 per cent said they would be lonely.
the poll, carried out by british research firm, intersperience, also found that two-year olds also dominate the family ipad and teenagers are the heaviest users of mobile devices.
intersperience chief executive paul hudson said: “the fact that children have a strong emotional attachment to the internet is often regarded as a negative thing but in fact it is perfectly natural for a generation whose social life is largely online. it’s equivalent to taking a phone away from older people, they’d feel sad and lonely too.”
children under the age of 12 emerged as ‘sophisticated internet users’ with 74 per cent playing online games, 65 per cent using the internet for homework and more than a third going online to look for things to buy or sell. in a cost-conscious climate, young teens are also using the web to check prices for clothes or other fashion items.
hudson added: “we matched the results against our digital selves research on adult behaviour and it shows that even eight to 11 years olds perform a wider daily range of tasks online than grown-ups. adults may be concerned about the strong emotional connection kids have to the internet today but our study shows that far from losing the art of conversation, children still prefer chatting to their friends in person.”
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