Answer — Exercise 2
7.10 - Skills Review ·Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Workbook
Question
Read the article again and answer the questions.
Answer
- Some possible consequences of spending too much time on photo sharing apps are poor mental health, bullying, lack of sleep and depression.
- The writer is not surprised that we see things online that are not true because we live in a world of fake news and distorted truths.
- You can increase the number of likes you get by subscribing to a free service where you complete a social action in exchange for likes.
- Influencers get paid in relation to how many followers they have, so may pay a fee in order to get more.
- Having a lot of letters and numbers in your username suggests the account could be fake.
- People use the ‘no filter’ hashtag because most images you see online are enhanced in some way.
- The article gives the example of only showing a small section of a room, or a carefully selected part of a view to highlight that things are not always what they seem.
- Experts would like the number of followers and likes to be made private or deactivated, as well as a sign when an image has been airbrushed.
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