While teens on social media may feel like they are spending time with friends, it turns out that social media actually disrupts
relationships. Social media does not let friends practice reading body language or make physical contact, which are important parts of bonding. Students who spend more time on social media report feeling lonelier, despite the number of online “friends” they have. While surveys indicate that teens today spend more time with their families, those same surveys show that teens spend less of that time actually talking to them. Both teens and parents spend many more hours in front of social media and away from each other. Which sentence presents a claim?
1.)Students who spend more time on social media report feeling lonelier, despite the number of online "friends" they have.
2.)While surveys show that teens today spend more time with their families, those same surveys show that teens spend less of that time actually talking to them.
3.)While teens on social media may feel like they are spending time with friends, it turns out that social media actually disrupts relationships.
4.)Both teens and parents spend many more hours in front of social media and away from each other.
3). While teens on social media may feel like they are spending time with friends, it turns out that social media actually disrupts relationships.
Explanation:
A claim is elucidated as the statement that declares a key idea or argument that is supported with significant evidences and reasons to establish its credibility.
In the given question, option 3 i.e. 'While teens on social media may feel like they are spending time with friends, it turns out that social media actually disrupts relationships' exemplify the claim as it reflects the controlling idea that surrounds the entire passage and is later supplemented with various factual details and descriptions that serve as evidence to support and the substantiate it. Therefore, <u>option 3</u> is the correct answer.
