Social media helps teens who are shy connect with other people. Social media gives them a place to make friends. Fifty-three per
cent of teens self-identify as shy. Shy adults also cite social media as a comfortable place to interact with others. More than 25 percent of teens report that social media makes them feel less shy; in addition, 28 percent report feeling more outgoing, and 20 percent report feeling more confident. Which piece of evidence would better support the claim? Social media gives teens a place to apply for work. Sixty percent of users report making new friends through social media. Teens can be anonymous on social media. Most teens understand how to use the internet safely.
Answer: B) Sixty percent of users report making new friends through social media.
Explanation: an argument or claim is a statement assertion that something is true. In the given excerpt we can see developed the claim that social media helps teens who are shy connect with other people. From the given options, the piece of evidence that would better support the claim is the corresponding to option B: Sixty percent of users report making new friends through social media, because it is expressing in an objective way (through statistics) how much social media can help to make new friends.
