Lapho ubhubhane lwenoveli lwe-coronavirus luzifaka esintwini kwaba khona ukujaha ukukhulekelwa okuku-inthanethi, okuvusa zonke izinhlobo zokubikezela ngokuthi abantu bazoyishintsha kanjani indlela abathandaza ngayo.
Ucwaningo olusha olwenziwa ngu-Pew ngo-Agasti 17 lubonise ukuthi ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu abadala base-US babukele izinkonzo zenkolo ku-inthanethi noma kumabonakude enyangeni edlule.
Ngaphezudlwana kwengxenye yabo - noma amaphesenti ayi-18 abo bonke abantu abadala - bathi baqale ukwenza lokhu okokuqala ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-COVID-19.
“Yebo, uma ukhulekela ukude, awukwazi ukwanga amanye amalungu ebandla lakini noma ukuxhawula umfundisi, umfundisi, urabi noma imam,” kubhala u-Alan Cooperman ekuhlaziyeni kwePew.
Kodwa ungagqoka noma yiziphi izingubo ozifunayo, unyuse (noma wehlise) ivolumu, ukhohlwe yizimoto endaweni yokupaka, futhi uhlole kalula leyo nkonzo oke wezwa ngayo ebandleni elikulo lonke idolobha noma ezweni lonke.”
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U-Pew uthola ukuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izizathu, abantu abaningi bathanda ukukhonza okungokoqobo.
Abantu baseMelika abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayi-10 ababukele izinsiza ku-inthanethi noma ku-TV enyangeni edlule bathi baneliseke “kakhulu” (amaphesenti angu-54) noma “baneliseke ngandlela-thile” (amaphesenti angu-37) ngolwazi/
Amaphesenti angu-8 nje athi “awanelisekanga kakhulu” noma “awanelisekile neze,” ngokocwaningo lwePew Research Center olwenziwe maphakathi noJulayi.
Ngakho lokhu kusho ukuthini ngekusasa?
Ngesikhathi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 seluqalile, ngabe abantu baseMelika sebelahlekelwe umkhuba wokuziyela mathupha esontweni, esinagogeni, ethempelini noma emosque? Kubuza uPhumi.
Abanye abahlaziyi baphakamise ukuthi njengoba nje ubhubhane lusheshise umkhuba wokuthenga ku-inthanethi futhi lwenza abantu baseMelika bathembela ku-inthanethi ngomsebenzi, isikole, impilo kanye nokuzijabulisa, kungenzeka ukuthi abaningi, uma kungezona zonke, izinhlobo zokuhlangenwe nakho kwezenkolo ku-inthanethi ekhulwini lama-21. .
Kodwa inhlolovo ye-Pew ithi lokho akukhona lokho abantu abebekhonza ku-inthanethi abakubonayo ekusaseni labo.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, iningi labantu abadala baseMelika bathi lapho lo bhubhane seluphelile, balindele ukuthi babuyele ezinkonzweni zenkolo mathupha njengoba benza ngaphambi kokugqashuka kwe-coronavirus.
Iqiniso liwukuthi bambalwa abalindele ukuthi lolu bhubhane luguqule unomphela izindlela zabo zokukhulekela zenkolo.
Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yabantu baseMelika (amaphesenti angama-43) bathi abazange baziyele izinkonzo zenkolo mathupha ngaphambi kokuba ubhubhane luqale futhi abahlelile ukuqala ukuya esontweni noma kwenye indlu yokukhonzela uma seluphelile.
Kepha amaphesenti angama-42 abantu abadala baseMelika bathi bahlela ukuphinda baqale ukuya ezinkonzweni zenkolo kaningi njengoba benzile ngaphambi kokuqubuka kodlame, kuyilapho abangamaphesenti ayi-10 bethi bazoya kaningi kunangaphambili, kanti abangamaphesenti amahlanu nje balindele ukuhamba kancane.
Ngokufanayo, abantu baseMelika abaningi abanantshisekelo kumasevisi abonakalayo.
Izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu abadala baseMelika bathi ababukanga izinkonzo zenkolo ku-inthanethi noma ku-TV enyangeni edlule.
Kepha phakathi kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu abadala baseMelika abasanda kubuka izinkonzo ku-inthanethi noma kumabonakude, abambalwa (amaphesenti angu-19 aleli qembu, noma amaphesenti ayisi-6 abo bonke abantu abadala) bathi uma ubhubhane seluphelile, bahlose ukubuka izinkonzo zenkolo kaningi kunokuba bakwenza ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale.
