"Is Social Media Making Us Less Social?" Test

What is the purpose of the article, "Is Social Media Making Us Less Social?"

• To persuade the reader to use social media.

• To persuade the reader to stop using social media.

• To show two sides of the effects of social media.

• To show the research on social media completed by two professors.

Why does Sherry Turkle include the 2009 and 2019 research in her argument in paragraph 5?

• To demonstrate that teens use social media.

• To prove that social media is making us less social.

• To reveal when social media started.

• To persuade the reader that social media is making us more social.

Why does David Weinberger include the ideas of "strong ties" and "weak ties" in his argument in paragraph 9?

• To support his claim that both relationships are important.

• To promote sociology.

• To persuade the reader to form more weak ties.

• To show the reader how to form relationships.

What are the two claims in this article?

• Sherry Turkle claims social media is making us less social. David Weinberger claims social media makes us more social.

• Sherry Turkle claims social media is making us more social. David Weinberger claims social media is making us less social.

Which statement best supports David Weinberger's claim that social media is making us more social.

• "If you were a woman, on social media you would be thinner and more attractive than anything you could aspire to in physical reality."

• "Strong ties are the rich, long-term bonds you have with family and your closest friends."

• "But don’t underestimate the importance of weak ties!"

• "With social media, we can interact with people in globally public spaces, and that means we are social with many more people than ever before."

Why does David Weinberger include the question "But aren't these relationships shallow" in paragraph 9?

• To support his claim that social media is making us less social.

• To introduce his point that both strong ties and weak ties are important relationships.

• To convince the reader to remove strangers from your friends lists.

• To tell the reader not interact with strangers.

Which statement best supports David Weinberger's claim that social media is making us more social.

• "If you were a woman, on social media you would be thinner and more attractive than anything you could aspire to in physical reality."

• "Strong ties are the rich, long-term bonds you have with family and your closest friends."

• "But don’t underestimate the importance of weak ties!"

• "With social media, we can interact with people in globally public spaces, and that means we are social with many more people than ever before."

"The 'highly connected' girls also felt less accepted by peers and didn’t have the same positive emotions from interacting with friends as those who used social media less frequently."

What can the reader infer from the quotation?

• Having more friends makes you feel "highly connected".

• "Highly connected" girls were losing connection with others and themselves.

• Girls were interacted more online when they had more followers and friends.

• Girls had to be "highly connected" in order to have any feelings.

Weinberger believes that weak ties are important because we could possibly find other or new​ (a)   .

• interests
• jobs
• avatars

In paragraph 3, Sherry Turkle uses the word (a)   to mean the hope we have in creating an online personality that we like.