Assignment C - Part 2.i
Authentic Text
Check the Class Description and Notes on Part 2 on the assignment platform before you begin.
The text should be 500 - 700 words long. (4-5 minutes for listening texts).
In this document, provide a copy of the reading text or a transcript of the listening text you have
chosen.
Ensure the text is referenced, and if you have selected a listening text or video, provide a link.
If you choose a reading text, you can shorten and/or adapt it slightly.
Please supply a copy of the original and your adapted version.
If you have adapted the text, briefly explain the decisions you've made about changing the text
in section b) of the essay.
Highlight 12 vocabulary items (words or phrases) which would be useful to pre-teach
7 Negative Effects of Social Media on People and Users
If you can't imagine your life without social media, you've probably fallen victim to the strong
power that social networking sites have over the public. Chances are that you've also experienced
some of the negative effects social media has on people. Unfortunately, the bad effects of social
media are all too real for a lot of us. Let's look at the negative impacts of social media on real
people, which happen every day.
1. Depression and Anxiety
Do you spend several hours per day browsing through social media? Spending too long on social
networking sites could adversely affect your mood. In fact, chronic social users are more likely to
report poor mental health, including symptoms of anxiety and depression.
It doesn't take much thinking to figure out why. Social media lets you see the carefully selected best
parts of everyone else's lives, which you then compare to the negatives in your own life (which only
you see). Comparing yourself to other people is a sure path to anxiety and unhappiness, and social
media has made this much easier to do.
2. Cyberbullying
Before social media, bullying was something that was only possible to do face-to-face. However,
now people can bully others online—anonymously or not. Today everyone knows what
cyberbullying is, and most of us have seen what it can do to a person.
While social media makes it easier to meet new people and make friends, it also enables cruel
people to tear into others with little effort. Perpetrators of bullying can use the anonymity that
(some) social networks provide to gain people's trust and then terrorize them in front of their peers.
For instance, they might create a fake profile and act friendly to a classmate, then later betray and
embarrass them online.
These online attacks often leave deep mental scars and even drive people to hurt themselves or take
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Authentic Text
Check the Class Description and Notes on Part 2 on the assignment platform before you begin.
The text should be 500 - 700 words long. (4-5 minutes for listening texts).
In this document, provide a copy of the reading text or a transcript of the listening text you have
chosen.
Ensure the text is referenced, and if you have selected a listening text or video, provide a link.
If you choose a reading text, you can shorten and/or adapt it slightly.
Please supply a copy of the original and your adapted version.
If you have adapted the text, briefly explain the decisions you've made about changing the text
in section b) of the essay.
Highlight 12 vocabulary items (words or phrases) which would be useful to pre-teach
7 Negative Effects of Social Media on People and Users
If you can't imagine your life without social media, you've probably fallen victim to the strong
power that social networking sites have over the public. Chances are that you've also experienced
some of the negative effects social media has on people. Unfortunately, the bad effects of social
media are all too real for a lot of us. Let's look at the negative impacts of social media on real
people, which happen every day.
1. Depression and Anxiety
Do you spend several hours per day browsing through social media? Spending too long on social
networking sites could adversely affect your mood. In fact, chronic social users are more likely to
report poor mental health, including symptoms of anxiety and depression.
It doesn't take much thinking to figure out why. Social media lets you see the carefully selected best
parts of everyone else's lives, which you then compare to the negatives in your own life (which only
you see). Comparing yourself to other people is a sure path to anxiety and unhappiness, and social
media has made this much easier to do.
2. Cyberbullying
Before social media, bullying was something that was only possible to do face-to-face. However,
now people can bully others online—anonymously or not. Today everyone knows what
cyberbullying is, and most of us have seen what it can do to a person.
While social media makes it easier to meet new people and make friends, it also enables cruel
people to tear into others with little effort. Perpetrators of bullying can use the anonymity that
(some) social networks provide to gain people's trust and then terrorize them in front of their peers.
For instance, they might create a fake profile and act friendly to a classmate, then later betray and
embarrass them online.
These online attacks often leave deep mental scars and even drive people to hurt themselves or take
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