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Exercise 4-5 1.29
Audioscript
Tom It’s a blogging platform that
relies on pictures and short 2
posts. There’s a lot to read on 3
Facebook and I get tired of
it. Most users of this site are 5
over the age of 25. I want to
be with young people not 8
my parents and teachers! On 4
Tumblr you can talk about 6
various topics, such as fashion, 7
pop culture and photography.
Sally I love it because it’s a
fast, simple and personal
smartphone messenger
system. Instead of sending
emails and texts, you can
exchange videos, sketches,
smileys and more. Kik lets
users search for and share
images and YouTube videos.
Sarah I like it because you can send
messages with photos, videos,
texts and drawings to a list of
people. Photos are destroyed
soon after they are received,
so Snapchat I think is more
anonymous than Facebook.
Oliver It’s my favourite now because
it lets you create short,
beautiful videos that are
quick and easy to share – I
hate waiting, I like to do
things, you know, quickly. Exercise 8
Vine is like YouTube but Possible answer :
simple and short, like Twitter. These social media help freedom of Internet is exciting but it is not
Sam Pheed allows users to share all expression: you can find all kinds of the real world. It can cut you

forms of digital content – links, information on social media sites off from real people, so one
images, videos, audio files and and discover a lot of exciting new has to be careful. Everything in

live stream events. Posts are ideas. You can also share news moderation.
limited to 420 characters. immediately with friends all over
Exercise 5 the world. All this is great but there
are dangers, too: it can be a very
1 C over 25 time-wasting activity. It is great
2 C exchange videos. fun and because it is so enjoyable,
3 A They are destroyed. it can also become addictive. The
4 B Vine 55
5 A 420