New Era Academic English Integrated Course(D）[外 8 The research suggests that going onine makes children more likely to make negative social comparisons with others. 9 "The problem with making comparisons in online media is that people tend to portray themselves in an idealized state."said Philip Powell,one of the economists who conducted the research."There is evidence that people think other people are happier than them after interacting with them online because we tend to post videos and chat that present this positive image. 10 Powell and his team split the data so that they could compare the effects of goingninechildren with low and high self-esteem.Unsurprisingly,perhaps.they found the effects were worse for those who lacked confidence. 11 Powell said yberbullying coud be another explanation for links between unhappiness and childrensus of social media."There's evidence the longer young people spend online the more likely they are to be victims of bullying."he said 12 However,the economists were surprised to find nothing to support the popular theory that time spent on socal networks had an adverse effect on children because it left them less time to do other rewarding.activities. 13 "Our findings show that social media use can be detrimental on average to young people and this is consistent with a number of findings in previous studies."Powell said."We can't say any social media is bad (663 words) More questions to think about(They are to be discussed in class): 1)Do you think social media adds happiness to your life? 2)Do you agree that the more people chat on social media,the less happy they feel?Explain you answers. 词汇点滴--blending(该练习请在下节课前完成，你的答案有可能在课内被要求在”微信群”或“课堂讨论区 分享。) Write down the structure of the blending words(blends)in the following table.Then translate them into Chinese. The first one has been done as an example.Consult the dictionary where necessary. blends The structure Chinese smog smoke fog 雾霜 motel Chinalish haz telethon webinar edutainment biorhythm psywar bookmobile 2New Era Academic English Integrated Course (II) [外教社] 2 8 The research suggests that going online makes children more likely to make negative social comparisons with others. 9 “The problem with making comparisons in online media is that people tend to portray themselves in an idealized state,” said Philip Powell, one of the economists who conducted the research. “There is evidence that people think other people are happier than them after interacting with them online because we tend to post videos and chat that present this positive image.” 10 Powell and his team split the data so that they could compare the effects of going online on children with low and high self-esteem. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, they found the effects were worse for those who lacked confidence. 11 Powell said cyberbullying could be another explanation for links between unhappiness and children’s use of social media. “There’s evidence the longer young people spend online the more likely they are to be victims of bullying,” he said. 12 However, the economists were surprised to find nothing to support the popular theory that time spent on social networks had an adverse effect on children because it left them less time to do other, potentially more rewarding, activities. 13 “Our findings show that social media use can be detrimental on average to young people and this is consistent with a number of findings in previous studies,” Powell said. “We can’t say any social media is bad but we can say that the more social media children use, the higher the likelihood that they will be dissatisfied with different domains of their life and their life overall.” (663 words) More questions to think about (They are to be discussed in class): 1) Do you think social media adds happiness to your life? 2) Do you agree that the more people chat on social media, the less happy they feel? Explain you answers. 词汇点滴---blending (该练习请在下节课前完成，你的答案有可能在课内被要求在”微信群”或“课堂讨论区” 分享。) Write down the structure of the blending words (blends) in the following table. Then translate them into Chinese. The first one has been done as an example. Consult the dictionary where necessary. blends The structure Chinese smog smoke fog 雾霾 motel Chinglish hazmat telethon webinar edutainment biorhythm psywar bookmobile