Banerjee, Snehasish orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-0470 (2018) How does the world google the Internet, anxiety and happiness? Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. pp. 569-574. ISSN 2152-2723
Abstract
This paper investigates how the world uses Google, the most popular search engine, to look for information about the “Internet” as well as two symptoms of emotional well-being, namely, “anxiety” and “happiness.” Data corresponding to 202 countries were collected for a period of five years from 2013 to 2017 using Google Trends, a free surveillance tool that reports data from the search engine. The search volume of “Internet” was positively correlated with that of “anxiety” as well as “happiness.” Furthermore, the paper analysed if the search volumes correlated with actual emotional well-being measured using the World Happiness Index provided by the United Nations (UN), and the Life Satisfaction Index provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The search volume of “anxiety” showed positive correlations with both the indices. The results are discussed, and new directions for future research are identified.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Anxiety,Google,Happiness,Search Engine,Well-being |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2018 09:10 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2025 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2018.0206 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1089/cyber.2018.0206 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133224 |
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