Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Jan;25(1):55-66. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.10.005. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
Within a relatively short time span, social media have transformed the way humans interact, leading many to wonder what, if any, implications this interactive revolution has had for people's emotional lives. Over the past 15 years, an explosion of research has examined this issue, generating countless studies and heated debate. Although early research generated inconclusive findings, several experiments have revealed small negative effects of social media use on well-being. These results mask, however, a deeper set of complexities. Accumulating evidence indicates that social media can enhance or diminish well-being depending on how people use them. Future research is needed to model these complexities using stronger methods to advance knowledge in this domain.
在相对较短的时间内，社交媒体改变了人类互动的方式，这让许多人想知道这种互动革命对人们的情感生活产生了什么影响，如果有的话。在过去的 15 年里，大量的研究探讨了这个问题，产生了无数的研究和激烈的争论。尽管早期的研究结果没有定论，但几项实验表明，社交媒体的使用对幸福感有很小的负面影响。然而，这些结果掩盖了更深层次的复杂性。越来越多的证据表明，社交媒体可以增强或削弱幸福感，具体取决于人们如何使用它们。需要进一步的研究来使用更强有力的方法来模拟这些复杂性，以推动这一领域的知识发展。
