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Neil If the _________ is on someone, it's their responsibility or duty.
Beth And finally, a _________ is a fight you cannot win. Once again, our six minutes are up. Join us again soon for more useful vocabulary, here at 6 Minute English! Goodbye for now!
Beth This could be seen as social media platforms prioritising making money over the _________ of users - a worry for parents. Professor Devi Sridhar talked about the challenges of having a teenager addicted to social media on BBC World Service programme, Inside Science:
And that means debates with your child over what are you on, are you using this, but it's a _________ because it's their entire social network.
Neil But we need to remember that social media platforms use _________ to keep users on the platforms for as long as possible
Neil OK, Beth. I think it's time I revealed the answer to my question. I asked you what percentage of 13 to 24-year-olds use Snapchat? Beth And I said it was 80%. Neil And that was... I'm sorry to say, the wrong answer! Actually 90% of people _________ between 13 and 24 use Snapchat - quite a lot.
The content is addictive because social media uses _________. _________ are a complex set of rules and calculations that prioritise and personalise the content a user sees.
Neil But first I have a question for you, Beth. The app Snapchat is a very common way that teenagers _________ these days. This is partly because messages and photos disappear after a certain time period. But, what percentage of 13 to 24-year-olds use Snapchat? Is it: a)70% b)80% or c)90%
Beth I'll guess 80%. Neil OK, Beth, I'll reveal the answer later in the programme. Now, a lot of social media platforms, such as TikTok, work by showing and suggesting similar accounts and content to those someone has already searched for. Professor Devi Sridhar, the chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, thinks this can be _________, as she told BBC World Service programme, Inside Science:
They have revealed in surveys that social media makes them feel worse about their body image, and 64% of teens have said they are regularly exposed to _________ content. In this programme, we'll be discussing how social media affects teenagers, and, as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
Professor Devi Sridhar And this is worrying for example, with young girls and eating disorders, that they're being _________ that in an addictive way
and the _________ is saying 'oh they like that content. We want to keep giving it to them because it keeps them on their phones',
Beth Professor Sridhar says that, when it comes to helping teenagers navigate social media, the _________ has been put on parents to find solutions. The _________ means the responsibility or duty.
Beth Teenagers are being _________ content in a way that is addictive. If you are _________ something, it means you are given something. In this case, it refers to content, not food.
Beth There has been growing agreement among health experts about the negative, _________ health effects of social media use on teenagers.
En lien avec la situation relationnelle dans lequel le sujet se retrouve ; la crainte du ridicule, la crainte de ne pas avoir une attitude adaptée etc. Pour que le symptôme se retrouve en pathologie, il doit dépasser un certain seuil d'intensité. Il faut que cette phobie sociale engage des attitudes de retraits, de fuite et d'évitement.
Professor Devi Sridhar And so, I think the challenge here, as a parent, listening to this is what do you do about it. And I think the _________ has really been put on parents and concerned adults to find solutions on their own.
Beth Yes. I don't think I'm addicted, but I definitely spend more time on social media than I would like to. However, there are plenty of studies out there looking at how social media affects mental health with some saying it can be as _________ as gambling.
With so many different apps out there, Snapchat, TikTok, and the _________, Threads, it's easy to spend a lot more time on your phone than ever before.
Elles déclenchent un état de panique dans des situations spécifiques (enfermement etc.).