With the rise of smartphones on the Web We started spending more time together. Many people who were dissatisfied with this process began to say that the Internet was harmful to people and made people more unhappy and prone to mental illness. These claims naturally attracted the attention of scientists.

The massive investigation involving two million people has been completed

from 168 countriesages 15 to 89 ranging from two million people Researchers studying the data came across interesting results. Yes, the number of negative experiences people had increased when they spent time online, but the number of positive experiences also varied in the same direction. The result showed that the Internet was actually not as bad as it was claimed to be.

Oxford Internet Institute The statement on this massive study, coordinated by , stated that if there is a link between poor or low mental health and internet use, it should be revealed in such a large study. Any research age or gender group Although no negative effects were observed, it was also noted that women became happier as the internet became more widespread.

In research social media has not been specifically investigated. Although the study focused on home and mobile internet use, the effects of different platforms were not specifically examined. Claims that the entire Internet in general is bad have been tested. Scientists from different countries and 2000-2019 covering between Data on anxiety, depression and tendency to self-harm were compared with internet usage figures.

Research, Clinical psychological scienceIt was published in .