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Unit 2 You have studied hard, you should pass it

Task 10
Read the following text quickly. Then, discuss the following questions.
Should Parents Monitor Children’s Social Media?

Social media is an online media in which the users can easily participate,
share, and create the content of a blog, social networking, and the virtual
world. Social media, with its various features which are provided, certainly
brings positive impacts for the users. On the other hand, social media can
also cause some negative impacts if it is not wisely used, especially for
children and teenagers.
First of all, children and teenagers become lazy to communicate in the
real world. Their understanding of the language is disturbed. If a child is
too much communicating in the virtual world, then their knowledge about
the details of communicating in the real life, like body language and tone
of voice, will be declined.

Social networking sites will also make children and teenagers more self-
interested. They are not conscious of the environment around them,
because most of their time is spent on the internet. This can cause chil-
dren to be less empathetic in the real world. Moreover, the assumption
that the Internet is identical with pornography is not wrong. With its ability
to share information owned by the Internet, pornography is uncontrolled.
To anticipate it, the producers of browsers complete their program with
the ability to choose a home page that can be accessed. On the Internet,
there are many images of pornography and violence that can be the trig-
gers to someone to do criminal acts.

Lastly, social networking site is fruitful land for the predators to commit a
crime. We will never know if someone new whom our children just know
on the Internet uses the real identity or not. Fraud is uncontrolled in every
field. The internet is not excluded from an impostor’s attack. The best way
is not to pay attention or confirm any information you
get from the information provider.

In this case, it really needs attention from parents to monitor the children
and teenagers from the negative impact of social media. For the worst,
we have to restrict them to use social media. That is not good yet for them
since they cannot decide which one is good or bad.
Adapted from: http://www.belajarbahasainggrisku.com/2015/03/con- toh-
analytical-exposition-text-about-social-mediadan-artinya.html

Questions

1. What is the text about? How do you know it?
2. Why does social media might put children and teenagers in danger?
3. How can social media make children ignore their surrounding?
4. Do you agree with the writer’s point of view? Why or why not?
5. What do you think the most effective effort to protect children and teenagers from
disadvantages of social media? Why?

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