The ‘Appiness Project: Passive behavioural data fuses with surveys to reveal how Internet and app usage impacts on happiness

Respondi, the market researcher, and the research non-profit Center for American Progress partnered in France, Germany and the UK to understand whether connected technologies are beneficial or detrimental to well-being.

The internet has been hailed as a revolutionary tool for bringing people together, sharing knowledge and engaging audiences. However, there have also been claims the Internet has become addictive, increased social isolation and helped to spread hate. Reports have emerged of some executives at Silicon Valley tech giants, sending their children to schools which have strict rules preventing pupils from using any Internet connected devices. With all that in mind, our objective was to find out if connected technologies are overall, beneficial or detrimental to our well-being.

Over the past decade, measuring and tracking population happiness has become an increasingly...

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