There is a ton of debate in the news media. More specifically, regarding the
passages, the writer puts forth the idea that the growing trend of online news has harmful effects on society. In the listening passage, the lecturer quickly points out that there are significant flaws in each of the claims made by the writer. In fact, the professor believes that its advantages outweigh its negative results and addresses, in detail, the trouble with each point made in the reading text.
First and foremost, the reading passage claims that many people get their news online through social media, which can be harmful since users can post whatever they want without checking the facts. Also, there is a high chance that they can present incorrect information as factual, or confusing. However, the professor states that social media can be a good news feed, such as about disasters. He reasons that social media delivers information quickly, making it effective in these types of situations.
Second, the reading passage mentions that official news sites are also detrimental because they have many advertisements. As an illustration, native advertising disguises itself as official content, decreasing readers' critical thinking skills. Nevertheless, the professor contends that print media is equally harmful. Affluent people who own newspapers would want to protect their political and financial interests, so they may not publish information that harms those interests; thus, newspapers are also deceptive.
The author wraps his argument by positing that online news reduces readers' attention spans. As a result, journalists have to write simpler, shorter articles, affecting the quality of future publications. The professor is reminded of how the media's future must adapt to meet the needs of modern readers. Although readers may not be able to focus on traditional articles, journalists can make the content more engaging using formats like videos or interactive websites. Hence, future news will be distinctive but not necessarily worse.
To sum up, both the writer and professor hold conflicting views about digital and print media. It is clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.
- Archaeologists have established that ancient Egyptians used large stone blocks to construct the Pyramids of Giza However the question of how they lifted blocks weighing as much as 2 5 tons has yet to be answered although several theories have been suggest 80
- Your local government has just recently received a large donation from an anonymous donor to improve the community Almost everyone agrees that the money should be invested in building a new public facility Which of the following do you think your local go 80
- The nutria is a large rodent similar to a beaver that typically weighs about 10 kilograms These rodents usually live in semi aquatic habitats and though they originate from South America they are now common in freshwater areas throughout North America Nut 3
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject 3
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject 90
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, may, nevertheless, regarding, second, so, thus, in fact, such as, as a result, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 13.8261648746 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 43.0788530466 67% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 52.1666666667 65% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1880.0 1977.66487455 95% => OK
No of words: 347.0 407.700716846 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.41786743516 4.8611393121 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31600926901 4.48103885553 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70793408498 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 211.0 212.727598566 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.608069164265 0.524837075471 116% => OK
syllable_count: 562.5 618.680645161 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 9.59856630824 21% => OK
Article: 10.0 3.08781362007 324% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.116077828 48.9658058833 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.9473684211 100.406767564 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2631578947 20.6045352989 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.63157894737 5.45110844103 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.53405017921 132% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0303817833521 0.236089414692 13% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.00944124747781 0.076458572812 12% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0174890831608 0.0737576698707 24% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0152687148656 0.150856017488 10% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00899047966949 0.0645574589148 14% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 11.7677419355 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 58.1214874552 92% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.16 10.9000537634 130% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.35 8.01818996416 117% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 86.8835125448 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.002688172 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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