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A Google search page in a file photo. Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the Internet? Don't worry, you're not alone and now there's a word for it: 'discomgoogolation'. (Agencies)
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Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the Internet? Don't worry, you're not alone and now there's a word for it: "discomgoogolation."
Nearly half of Britons -- 44 percent -- are discomgoogolation sufferers, according to a survey, with over a quarter -- 27 percent -- admitting to rising stress levels when they are unable to go online.
"The proliferation of broadband has meant for the first time in history we've entered a culture of 'instant answers,"' said psychologist Dr David Lewis, who identified discomgoogolation by measuring heart rates and brainwave activity.
The term comes from "discombobulate," which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
"A galaxy of information is just a mouse click away and we have become addicted to the web," added Lewis. "When unable to get online, discomgoogolation takes over.
"It was surprising to see the stress this led to brain activity and blood pressure in participants both increase in response to being cut off from the Internet."
The survey also found 76 percent of Britons could not live without the Internet, with over half of the population using the web between one and four hours a day and 19 percent of people spending more time online than with their family in a week.
Forty-seven percent of those polled believed the Internet was more important in people's lives than religion, with one in five people paying the Internet more attention than their partner.
Commissioned by information service 118118, the YouGov poll questioned 2,100 Britons during the first week of July.
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(Agencies)
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上不了網就會覺得焦躁不安？別擔心，你并不是個特例，如今很多人都有這種“谷歌依賴癥（discomgoogolation）”。
據一項調查顯示，近一半的英國人（44%）患有“谷歌依賴癥”，超過四分之一的人（27%）承認自己在無法上網時會感到壓力增大。
心理學博士大衛?劉易斯說：“寬帶網絡的普及讓人們有史以來首次進入了一個‘速答’文化時代。”劉易斯博士通過測量人的心率和腦波變化識別“谷歌依賴癥”。
“Discomgooglation”一詞是“discombobulate”（混亂、喪氣）和Google（搜索引擎“谷歌”）兩個詞的合成。
劉易斯說：“如今，你只要輕輕一點鼠標，無數資訊就盡在眼前，我們已經對網絡產生了依賴，一旦上不了網，就會感到坐立不安。”
“沒想到上不了網產生的壓力竟然會引起人大腦活動的加速和血壓升高。”
此外，調查發現，76%的英國人稱自己離開網絡活不下去，超過一半的人每天的上網時間為一至四個小時，19%的人每周上網的時間比與家人共處的時間還要多。
47%的受訪者認為，在生活中網絡的意義大于宗教信仰；五分之一的人對網絡的關注多于自己的伴侶。
受118118信息服務臺的委托，英國YouGov民意調查機構在7月的第一周共對2100位民眾進行了調查。
（英語點津姍姍編輯）
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