With the rise of the internet more and more people are getting their news from social media platforms. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?
In the old days, there were only several newspapers from where
people
could get their news
. Nowadays, however
, social media
platforms on the internet have become the main source of news
. Although
this
trend enables individuals to stay up to date with the latest events while communicating with their friends, it has a number of disadvantages like illiteracy and widespread fake news
from unreliable sources. Therefore
, I personally believe that this
is a negative development. The following paragraphs will highlight my opinion in detail.
To commence, the news
on social media
platforms, are generally very short and have a few sentences, this
makes people
read less and, subsequently
, communities become less literate. To compare, newspapers and reliable news
websites on the internet may have a whole article describing all the details of the event. While on social media
, like, for example
, Twitter and Facebook, people
read only a headline and two more sentences. This
has an adverse impact on concentration and intelligence. Because, as a result
, people
become unable to focus on reading long articles.
Adding further
, individuals and companies can take advantage of the lack of censorship of news
' genuinity on social media
platforms, and spread fake news
. Fake news
can lead individuals to hatred against, for instance
, religion, celebrities, politicians and etc. Thousands of shares and reposts can generate huge revenue for news
editors and media
companies; thus
, people
should not blindly trust anything they read.
To conclude, Twitter or Facebook is not a reliable source of information. I believe that people
should develop a habit of getting news
on specific websites like bbc.com or nytimes.com.Submitted by shoira.shakirovna on
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...
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