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• Young adults who spend more time on Facebook are better at showing “virtual empathy” to their online friends.
• Online social networking can help introverted adolescents learn how to socialize behind the safety of various screens, ranging from a two-inch smartphone to a 17-inch laptop.
• Social networking can provide tools for teaching in compelling ways that engage young students.
5 For parents, Rosen offered guidance. “If you feel that you have to use some sort of computer program to surreptitiously monitor your child’s social networking, you are wasting your time. Your child will find a workaround in a matter of minutes,” he said.
Second Read
• Reread the article to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
2. Knowledge and Ideas: Which adverse effect of social networking discussed in the text is supported by evidence? What is the evidence?
3. Craft and Structure: What is the meaning of the word introverted in the second bullet of paragraph 4? Use context clues to help you determine the meaning.
4. Craft and Structure: What does the advice from Dr. Rosen in the final paragraph tell you about the good and bad of social networking?
my Notes
Unit 3 • Changing Perspectives 205
empathy: ability to understand and share another person’s feelings
surreptitious: secret
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