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Band 6+: To what extent do you believe that social media influences people's perceptions and understanding of current events?

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I defend to a high extent, because social media has all the features of people, and because nowadays I see that I can really say that every human has a social media platform that they are on every day. We have our power in this space. It is all about work and school because it is an important part of our lives. We can engage and share our stories with others through social media, and throughout the day, people are just sitting on their phones using social media. Of course, it has a lot of influence on people's perceptions of reality, and I think we have a high extent of that.

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I defend in high extent, because social media has all the features of people, and because nowadays I see that I really can say that every human has a social media that she is sitting in every day, We have our power in this place here. It is all about work and school because it is an important part of our life. We can engage, just share our stories, others through social media and throughout all the day people just sitting on the phone in the social media and of course it has a lot of influences to people’s perceptions of reality and it can be I think we have a high extent.

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