SOCIAL NETWORKS MAKE PEOPLE LESS SOCIAL (DEBATE)

1. When we talk about social networks, we think of Facebook, Twitter, _____________________, etc.
2. When Gerry uses the word social, he is thinking about _____________________ encounters.
3. When Gerry was growing up, he used to _____________________ to meet his friends.
4. The difference between children these days and children 50 years ago is that today’s children spend all their time _____________________.
5. There is much less social _____________________ nowadays.
6. People have fewer social _____________________ than they used to.
7. Dave states that playing _____________________ is not a face-to-face activity.
8. In Dave’s opinion, social networks are just a(n) _____________________.
9. If there is a problem, it is the people who are using them who are _________________ for it, not social networks.
10. According to Dave, social networks can be used in an anti-social way, for example:

• stalking a(n) ______________________.
• online ______________________.

11. However, social networking _____________________ makes it easy for people to access the sites where the actions mentioned in question 9 can be carried out.
12. Dave’s _____________________ is the fact that the people watching the video found out about it on social network.

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– REBUTTAL: a statement that refutes sth said or written. Refutación.
– TO PIGEONHOLE: to assign to a place in an orderly system, esp. in a narrow-minded way; to put aside for the present, esp. with the intention of ignoring or forgetting, often indefinitely. Encasillar, clasificar como.

KEY

1. CHAT ROOMS (CHATROOMS)
2. FACE-TO-FACE
3. GO OUTSIDE
4. TEXTING / ONLINE / INSIDE
5. INTERACTION
6. ABILITIES / ACTIVITIES / FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTERS
7. HIDE-AND-SEEK (HIDE-AND-GO-SEEK – Canadian ENGLISH)
8. TOOL
9. RESPONSIBLE
10. CELEBRITY – GAMING / READING
11. TECHNOLOGY / AVAILABILITY
12. EVIDENCE