The widespread phenomenon of mass communication through cell phones and the internet has spurred enormous controversy. Many believe that people have become less able to build bonds with friends and family members. It is impossible to deny that social media is constantly changing the way that people interact with one another. With the advent of new technologies that allow for non-simultaneous and distant interaction, people all over the world are now able to build relationships in a way that was formerly not possible. Some might say that this is a negative trend, but this new development opens up for unique and effective connections.
People often feel estranged in their surroundings. There are so many hobbies and interests that people enjoy, that it can be difficult to find someone who shares the same passions. Social media is of huge benefit to these people as they are empowered with opportunity for connection to a widespread community and countless resources. Some may have always wanted to learn more about a topic without having an avenue to jump in. Social media has proved itself to be effective in educating people of all ages on a variety of subjects ranging from rollerblading to string theory.
Moreover, the internet is especially helpful for helping people find a voice. Whereas the first amendment protects our right to free speech, many people feel that they have lost their ability to be heard. Social media allows us all to find a new way to speak confidently and ensures that every person has the opportunity to be heard.
The reading and the lecture are both about the role of social media as a new way of communication between people. The author of the reading claims that social media has been an effective way of communication. It has opened up brand new opportunities for everyone. The lecturer challenges the claims made by the author. He is of the opinion that social media has affected many people’s lives by making them less socially connected in real life.
To begin with, the author argues that people can easily find like-minded persons in social media and help each other to grow. Social media acts as a bridge between them. The article mentions there can be countless resources found through social media. This specific argument is challenged by the author. He says social media includes a lot of risks. People could be easily targeted for attacks like fishing and end up losing their money. Additionally, he says the risk is not only limited to adults but also children’s can be manipulated to pursue wrongdoings.
Secondly, the author suggests social media can effectively build distant connections. In the article, it is stated that distant connections used to be an impossible thing to happen in the pre-social media times. However, the author rebuts this by mentioning that with an increase in the use of social media people have forgotten to interact socially with people around them. Many people nowadays lack social skills which are the crucial things to lead a successful life. To elaborate on this he brings up the point that a recent study by Arizona has shown there is poor social interaction between people.
Finally, the author posits that social media has created an opportunity to be heard. Moreover, in the article, it is said that the ability to be heard is very low unless with the help of social media. In contrast, the lecturer position is that people can form social clubs and create a chance to be heard. He notes that the advent of social media there are fewer social clubs than they used to be and people are not getting involved in what they do.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... not getting involved in what they do.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 10.4613686534 201% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1719.0 1373.03311258 125% => OK
No of words: 355.0 270.72406181 131% => OK
Chars per words: 4.84225352113 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34067318298 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54299899335 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.501408450704 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 533.7 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 13.0662251656 161% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.4651814181 49.2860985944 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.8571428571 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9047619048 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.33333333333 7.06452816374 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.202626699216 0.272083759551 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0715788756715 0.0996497079465 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.049233798116 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.140286609708 0.162205337803 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.02845197997 0.0443174109184 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.5 12.2367328918 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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