Band 7: What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of using social media for political activism? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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That's an interesting question. I think for the advantages, there are several, but the main one is that social media is a good tool for marketing campaigns. You can reach a lot of people and show and teach them your ideas and opinions, so everybody can see them. Nowadays, everyone has a phone or a computer or something like that. For the drawbacks, as I mentioned, everyone has access to the data, so a little child could see that and not really understand what they're hearing, leading to a bad interpretation. They can post negative comments without understanding what they're saying or hearing, and people can insult each other, which can create arguments on the internet and have a negative impact on society.

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That’s an interesting question and I think for the advantages there are several ones but the main is that to make a marketing campaign this is a good tool social media because you can attain a lot of people and you can show and teach them your ideas and your opinions and so everybody can see them because nowadays everybody has a phone or a computer or something like that and I think for the drawbacks it’s that like I said everybody has access to the data so little child could see that and won’t really understand what they’re hearing and make a bad interpretation or I don’t know they can post comments that are negative without understanding what they’re saying or hearing and people can insult and it can create arguments between the people on internet and then have bad impact on the society.

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