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A new study says Internet access is good for our health.
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Researchers looked at data on people's Internet use and mental health.
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It included information on two million people aged 15 to 99.
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These included life satisfaction positive experiences and happiness.
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The team found that people with Internet access were eight per cent happier.
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Internet access had a similar positive effect to walking in nature.
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Learn new things practice hobbies watch movies and make new friends.
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The research did not look at how social media impacted people's lives.
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Studies show that social media is having a negative effect on people's mental health.
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Different channels and uses of the Internet have vastly different effects.
See the Internet access lesson for the whole text.
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