Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu emva kokuba iwebhusayithi i-Sixdegrees.com yaqala uguquko kwindlela abantu abasebenzisa ngayo i-intanethi, isinye kwisithathu sabantu baseMelika bathi imithombo yeendaba zentlalo yenza ingozi enkulu kunokuba ilungile kwimpilo yabo yengqondo. Phantse isiqingatha sathi amajelo osasazo oluntu abuhlungu kuluntu ngokubanzi kwaye i-42 pesenti yathi iyonakalisa intetho yezopolitiko. Oku kungokweziphumo ze-American Psychiatric Association (APA)'s February 2022 Healthy Minds Monthly i-poll eyenziwa yiMorning Consult, yafakwa ngoJan. 19-20, 2022, phakathi kwesampulu emele ilizwe labantu abadala abayi-2,210.
Iimpendulo zaba zintle ngakumbi xa abantu abadala abachaza ukuba basebenzisa imidiya yoluntu babuzwa ukuba baziva njani xa beyisebenzisa. Iipesenti ezingamashumi asibhozo zabasebenzisi beendaba zoluntu bathi baziva benomdla ngelixa besebenzisa imidiya yoluntu, i-72% yaziva ixhunyiwe kwaye i-72% yathi baziva bevuya, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-26 abathi baziva bengenakunceda okanye banomona (22%).
Ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19, uninzi lwabantu abadala ababonakalise ukuba basebenzisa imithombo yeendaba zentlalo baxela ukuba bafumana icala elilungileyo-i-80% yabasebenzisi bemithombo yeendaba zentlalo bathi bayisebenzise ukunxibelelana nosapho kunye nabahlobo, kwaye i-76% bayisebenzisela ukonwatyiswa. Ngokubanzi, babengenaxhala kangako malunga nokusetyenziswa kwabo kwemithombo yeendaba zentlalo okanye kwabantwana babo. Ngokomzekelo, bathi imidiya yoluntu incede (31%) okanye ayinayo impembelelo (49%) kubudlelwane babo kunye nabahlobo kunye nosapho. Abazali ekwaxoxwa nabo bathi amajelo osasazo ezentlalo aye anceda (23%) okanye akanampembelelo (46%) kukuzithemba komntwana wabo, nangona omnye kwabahlanu ebonise ukuba yonzakalise impilo yengqondo yomntwana wabo.
Isiphumo esithembisayo kwi-poll yayikukuba malunga nesibini kwisithathu (i-67%) yabantu baseMelika babeqinisekile ngolwazi lwabo malunga nendlela yokunceda umntu othandekayo ukuba babonisa imingeni yempilo yengqondo kumajelo asekuhlaleni.
