Anti-Social Networks?
The author used echo chambers to show how, when online and on social media, what you view is primarily information you agree with, and the people you interact with have similar political thoughts and interests. In an echo chamber, the sound you make echoes across the room. In social media, what you "talk" about "echoes" back in the form of other people with the same interests as you.
Explain 2 details that support the development of the text.
Central ideas: 1) Addiction to cell phones has become a problem for both teens and adults. 2)There needs to be more research on cell phone addiction to find all the symptoms and foundations of the addiction.
2 Details: 1)The average college student uses a smartphone longer than many of them sleeps, and that addiction to cell phones can be easily compared to drug addiction. It shows how cell phone addiction has become a problem. 2) There are multiple foundations and symptoms for addiction, like between men and women, and how people could go on Facebook for entertainment, companionship, or time with friends. It shows how there are many, many, different ways for the addiction to occur, and that more research is needed.
What conclusion do both passages support?
Example Answer:
That technology and social media can be both very helpful yet extremely damaging to us and the people around us. It can both make us more anti-social and even make us addictive.
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That people who are addicted to their phones usually feel nervous or troubled when they are not nearby their cell phones.A) "While many Facebook interactions remain private-visible only to friends and friends of friends- Twitter conversations are much more public."
B) "Facebook and Twitter can act as echo chambers where you interact primarily with others who have similar interests and politics."
C) "Many other users interacting online are content to stay within the confines of their familiar social networks -- which may not look so different from their real-world networks."
CI 1: People online tend to stay within their social groups online, and with people that share their common interests, and are pushed by social networks to do so.
CI 2: In their social cliques, social network users debate and discuss more openly online that in the "real world," and attempt to create change as a group.
The author uses multiple real life examples to show how people stick with their social cliques, and they usually only see content that they agree with. The author also used an example of how people joined up to speak their opinions and create change.
It shows how the author cares for the audience and the reader, that the author is trying to warn us about the risks of addiction, not criticize us for being on our phones all the time. It also helps because by seeing how the author cares for us, we feel that we can trust their information more.
The author of passage 1 uses many real life examples of both people and events that show how people join in their own social cliques online, while passage 2 uses more facts and studies to show how cell phones can be addictive and that more research is needed for this addiction.
(Anti-Social Networks?) What is the impact of the phrase "she may be the exception of the rule" (in the last paragraph) on the meaning of the passage?
Example Answer:
It changes all the thoughts we had for that entire section. It showed that, although people are meeting new people online (because of the interview with an outlier), that outlier is part of the small minority of people, and that more people are NOT meeting more people, and instead staying in their social cliques.
They show an interview with an outlier, and describe how they're meeting new people because of their experiences on social media.
Paragraph 7. It shows a very big example about how people would join up in their social cliques and create change, using an example of the fans of The Game. It was a big example of how people that have similar interests and goals can work together online and achieve their goals.
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"Among men, for instance, signs of a possible addiction showed a positive link, or correlation, with time spent on a Bible app and apps for reading books...use of social media apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, also correlated with risk of addiction."
"Women were more likely to show signs of addiction if they often used Pinterest, Instagram, Amazon or apps that let them use their phones like an iPod."
How does the author of passage #1 (Anti-Social Networks?) present ideas differently that the author of passage #2 (Cell Phones Can Be Addictive)?
Example Answer:
The author of passage 1 shows both good and bad sides of a common argument, by using many real-life examples of people that use social media. They then give the entire last section to tell about a person and how they are meeting people online, but then show how this person is one of a small fraction of people that use social media to meet other people. They then reveal how most people just stay in their comfort zone and don't interact with other people. Passage 2 uses multiple studies to show how cell phones can lead to addiction, from the gender, ages, and types. They then use all this information to get a message across, how we need more research on cell phone addiction.
Broad-Specific-Broad in paragraphs 5-9
The author showed how, with "normal" cases of addiction (drugs, alcohol, nicotine, ect.) there are are much more known symptoms of those than there are of cell phone addiction. They then show that there must be more consistent research in order to find all these symptoms.
The author uses that interview to show how very few people actually meet new people online in the real world. They showed that yes, some people were making change, but most people were instead staying in their comfort zones instead.
Create 3 sentences to put in order to create a summary of "Cell Phones Can Be Addictive"
Both students and adults experience addiction to cell phones in the same was as drugs, because they use it more and more to lift their moods. College students, men, and women all have different symptoms and foundations for their cell phone addiction, due to their different personalities and apps they use. Researchers are working to try and find the multiple sources and symptoms of cell phone addiction to help others with it and war other people about their risk of addiction.
What is the central idea of "Cell Phones Can Be Addictive?"
How does the authors develop (show) these ideas differently?
CI 1: People tend to stay with their social groups online, and with people that share their common interests and goals.
CI 2: Addiction to cell phones needs more research to find the many symptoms and foundations of the addiction.
1) The author gives real life examples of people that use social media, and show the different ways that people have joined with people in their own social cliques.
2) The author gives multiple examples of different reasons why people go onto social media, and how those reasons can develop into cell phone addiction.
How do the authors explore the ideas of cell phones/social media differently?
They both explore good and bad (mostly bad) sides of cell phone usage. "Anti-Social Networks?" looks at how people only stay with people that share their interests, and stay in their comfort zone. "Cell Phones Can Be Addictive" looks at how extensive use of social media and our cell phones can cause addiction.
A) To entertain the reader with a shocking fact
B) To introduce the idea of cell phone addiction
C) To persuade the reader to stop using technology such as cell phones
D) To introduce an idea that will later be disproven with evidence
A) 13
B) 6
C) 2
D) 5
To shock the audience with an extreme fact, and introduce the idea that cell phones can be addictive.
Example Answer:
People, both teens and adults, spend a lot of time on social media, which can lead to addiction. These people only stay with their social groups online, and only see/meet with people that share their common interests. That leads to people going online more and more, which can translate to cell phone addiction.It shows that, even though some people are making change and meeting new people, most people are only staying within their comfort zone, and within their cliques.
It proves as a gateway to the next section of the article, and starts a huge point, which is part of one of the Central Ideas. It tells how there is much more research needed to tell how to help those with cell phone addiction, and sends a message to the reader and informs them that this has become a serious problem.