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People tend to evaluate the importance of a public issue according to its salience, meaning people are more likely to think that an issue is important if it comes to their attention frequently and in an aggressive manner. By volume of discussion and due to selection bias, social media emphasizes issues that are relatively frivolous but eye-catching over relatively more serious but non-sensational issues.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true, which of the following is most probably also true?
A. The language used on social media to describe relatively frivolous issues is sensationalist and fails to accurately respect the traditional boundaries of news coverage.
B. Those who discuss public issues on social media tend to overestimate the importance of relatively frivolous but eye-catching issues compared to serious but non-sensational ones.
C. Discussion on serious but non-sensational issues is neglected on social media in favor of discussion on frivolous but eye-catching issues.
D. None of the issues concerning other people that are discussed on social media is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal issues.
E. Social media is the medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on frivolous issues.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true, which of the following is most probably also true?
A. The language used on social media to describe relatively frivolous issues is sensationalist and fails to accurately respect the traditional boundaries of news coverage.
B. Those who discuss public issues on social media tend to overestimate the importance of relatively frivolous but eye-catching issues compared to serious but non-sensational ones.
C. Discussion on serious but non-sensational issues is neglected on social media in favor of discussion on frivolous but eye-catching issues.
D. None of the issues concerning other people that are discussed on social media is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal issues.
E. Social media is the medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on frivolous issues.
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ExpertsGlobal5 the questions posted in expert global's tag are not from EG mocks right?
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The passage speaks on how people look into an issue. Recently, people are evaluating an issue based on salience- which means they look into aspects of attention frequency & aggressive nature rather than more serious and non frivolous issues.
Because of the volume of information being bombarded in the social media platform, and also due to the selection basis on the social media users, the Importance of an issue is inclined to those which are eye catching and frivolous, rather than more serious, non sensational issues.
A. The language used on social media to describe relatively frivolous issues is sensationalist and fails to accurately respect the traditional boundaries of news coverage.
This option speaks the demarcation and language tone used in two different medium of news coverages, the traditional and the latest social media platform. The language, tone is not a matter of debate in the passage. Hence, Wrong.
B. Those who discuss public issues on social media tend to overestimate the importance of relatively frivolous but eye-catching issues compared to serious but non-sensational ones.
Those who discuss public issues on social media denotes the population using social media as tool for political debates. The later part mentions that particular section shows a strong inclination towards frivolous eye catching issues, which are usually attention seeking and aggressive too. Thus, the non frivolous and much more serious topics are sidelined. This clearly resonates with the core crux of the passage. Hence, Correct.
C. Discussion on serious but non-sensational issues is neglected on social media in favor of discussion on frivolous but eye-catching issues.
The key reason for the option to be treated as wrong is the phrase - neglected. There is no neglection done , but the importance shifts to frivolous content than serious content that needs to be debated and discussed in greater depth and detail. Hence, Wrong.
D. None of the issues concerning other people that are discussed on social media is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal issues.
This narrows down the scope of the discussion to personal and non personal issues. Actually, irrespective of the direct impact caused by the topic, all are being debated in the platform. This discrimination based on personal and non personal seems way out of context. Hence, Wrong.
E. Social media is the medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on frivolous issues.
This generalises a particular trend and aspect which is noted in the question as a universal phenomenon. Hence, Wrong.
Option B
