为何人们在网上如此愤怒.PDF

新东方《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『人们很容易在网上发表评论时陷入激烈的争论，你 来我往，恶言相向。本文深入分析了人们在网上恶 言评论的原因。』 Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry? 为何人们在网上如此愤怒 ？ Jul 25th 2012 | from Scientific American 1 With a presidential campaign , health care and the gun control debate in the news these days, one can’t help getting sucked into2 the flame wars3 that are Internet 4 5 comment threads . But psychologists say this addictive form of vitriolic6 back and forth7 should be avoided —or simply censored8 by online media outlets9 —because it actually damages society and mental health10. These days, online comments “are extraordinarily 11 aggressive 12 , without resolving 13 anything,” said Art Markman, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. “At the end of it you can’t possibly feel like anybody heard you. Having a strong emotional experience that doesn’t resolve itself in any healthy way can’t be a good thing.” If it’s so unsatisfying and unhealthy, why do we do it? A perfect storm of factors come together to engender14 the rudeness15 and aggression seen in the comments’sections of Web pages, Markman said. First, commenters are often virtually16 anonymous17, and 1 presidential campaign 总统竞选；总统大选 2 suck into 卷入；吸进：I don ’t want to get sucked into the row about school reform. （我不愿意牵扯到 这场学制改革的争论之中。） 3 flame war 互联网上的激烈争论 4 thread /Wred/ n. （互联网留言板上帖子的）系列相关信息，链式消息 5 addictive /E5dIktIv/ adj. 使人上瘾的：Cocaine is a highly addictive drug. （可卡因是一种极易使人上瘾 的毒品。） 6 vitriolic /7vItrI5ClIk/ adj. 深怀敌意的；恶意的：vitriolic criticism （恶意的批评） 7 back and forth 来来往往；来回 8 censor /5sensE(r)