Question

Which statement best expresses the authors' claim? a) Social media poses a threat to more traditional media outlets. b) Traditional media can find truthful information within social media posts. c) Social media content is difficult to create and publish. d) Social media is generally a credible source of information.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step 1:  Determine which options are correct

Which statement best expresses the authors' claim?

- Option A:  Social media poses a threat to more traditional media outlets.

Since social media is much faster and reliable, that makes the traditional media less important since news and other things can be done faster through your phone.  Therefore, that caused a problem which was that no one was using traditional media outlets.

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Answer 2

Answer:

A. Social media poses a threat to more traditional media outlets.

Explanation:

the statement that best expresses the authors' claim is that social media poses a threat to more traditional media outlets.

from the options above, the only claim is option A, the rest options are just statements and opinions.