Question

Do you think there are more negative or positive aspects of using the Internet to get the news? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

64% of Americans say social media have a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today. Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going, and one-quarter say these platforms have a neither positive nor negative effect

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Answer 2

Answer:

I believe that there are more positive aspects of using the Internet to recieve news.

Step-by-step explanation:

While using the Internet for anything informative can be quite the hassle since misinformation is at a constant, I believe there are ways that you can use the Internet to get more information and a better view of a subject compared to any other sources outside of it. Let us first look at the negative aspects.

The Internet is a place where everyone can have a voice. This means that while it is a great resource and platform, many can be misinformed and post that misinformed view, which spreads quite quickly from person to person. It can also be a platform for the intentional spread of something completely false. Someone can intentionally put a false article that can spread like wildfire if it goes unchecked.

While these are very good reasons to not use the Internet for your personal news source, there are ways that you can disprove an article by doing your own research. There is Bias in almost all news nowadays, unfortunately, we can't change that. However, we do have all the world's current information at our fingertips! We can dive deeper into the articles that are written by professionals, either proving or disproving the information on local News Websites. The Internet is also the speediest way of receiving information. It is the thing we use the most, and in these aspects, I see that using the Internet as a way to get the news is probably one of the best ways (as long as we're careful about it!)

Regards!