Answer:
To provide the alternative perspective that social networks may be more helpful than harmful.
Explanation:
In the article written by a media outlet on November 8, 2011, two points of view are contrasted on the negative/positive aspects of social media networks. The first was that of Matthew Brashears who highlighted the fact that people were having fewer real friends whom they can go to for help even though they had a large friend base on social networks.
Keith Hampton, however, highlighted the positive aspects of social networks which he believed was healthy for us. One of them was that people had more social support than they would have had offline.
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This is the missing excerpt:
"I cannot prophesy. I cannot tell you when or where the United Nations are going to strike next in Europe. But we are going to strike—and strike hard." - <span>President Roosevelt's State of the Union address.
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The primary purpose behind Roosevelt’s words in this excerpt is to <span>convince the public of America's strength
He infers that America has the strength to strike and strike hard in Europe. This presents the America as a formidable foe to its citizens.
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