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NEB English Grade 11: Media and Society in Social Media

Arjun EP

Published on: March 25, 2021

Before you read Look at the picture and discuss.

(a) What does each icon in the box mean?

Answer: These icons are related to search engine, social media, website, net TV:

Y = Yahoo	MSN = Microsoft Network	G = Gmail
P = Ping	f = Facebook	t = twitter
TubeMogul	YouTube	ustream TV
RSS = Really Simple Syndication	myspace	YOU = reader
W = WordPress	B = blogger

(b) Do you have a Facebook or Twitter account? What do you do with them?

Answer: Yes, I have Facebook account but I do not have twitter account.

I upload photos, videos and study materials on Facebook.

I also share study materials, watch different meme, videos, news, information, notice etc on Facebook.

(c) Do you think social media can have influence in the society? How?

Answer: Nowadays, many movements are organized with the help of social media.

There was lots of violence due to social media.

Political parties have information technology cell (IT cells), they influence their supporters.

In this way, we can say social media can influence the society.

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WAYS WITH WORDS

(A) Find the words from the text that have the following meanings:

(a) A personal or corporate website = blog

(b) A job requiring expertise in a particular field = professional

(d) Put under custody = detained

(e) Found guilty = convicted

(f) Breaking or disregarding rules or system = violating

(g) Advantages and disadvantages = pros and cons

(h) A non-statutory monetary penalty = amercement

(B) Study the underlined phrases in the following sentences:

Perhaps some people think about the media that makes them able to meet and communicate with people around the world.

When you want to listen to music or watch a music video from your favourite singer you can go to YouTube.

These are prepositional verbs. A prepositional verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition. It is simply a verb followed by a preposition (prepositional verb = verb + preposition).

apologize to	adapt to	devote to	refer to	reply to
admire for	apply for	pray for	scold for	vote for
aim at	arrive at	glance at	look at	bring at
agree on	comment on	concentrate on	rely on	count on
grow up	escape from	recover from	resign from	suffer from
separate from	worry about	argue about	boast about	dream about
acquaint with	agree with	charge with	trust with	confuse with
believe in	involve in	succeed in	specialize in	absorb in

apologize to = express guilty, defend formally

I apologize to you on my error.

I apologize for my error.

adapt to = change, make suitable, modify

the children are finding difficult to adopt to new school.

devote to = dedicated, loving and committed

How much time will you devote to your study?

refer to = mention, consult for information

Our teachers refer to Google for more information.

reply to = respond somebody, answer

She did not reply to my question.

admire for = positive feeling toward somebody for something

It is difficult to see admire for in a sentence.

I admire Mother Teresa for her unwavering devotion to the poor.

apply for = request for job/admission

When is the deadline to apply for banking job?

pray for = to ask God, to ask deity

My mother used to pray for long time in the morning.

scold for = to rebuke

My father scold me for high speed driving.

vote for = to cast a ballot

At 18y, I will be eligible to vote for.

We are voting for uneducated candidates.

aim at = at a target, point at

Drug paddlers aim at teenagers.

arrive at = to reach a destination

How did you arrive at that answer?

glance at = to look very quickly

Take a quick glance at the drive belt.

look at = to observe, to examine

I enjoy look at commercial ads on television.

bring up = provide care, vomit, raise question

I have to bring up my children.

agree on = to accept proposal or idea

the management committee cannot be agree on this proposal.

comment on = make a remark, write or say something

Do not comment negative on social media.

concentrate on = focus on something or somebody

I am sorry; I could not concentrate on my study.

rely on = depend, trust

I can always rely on you.

count on = rely on, be sure of

A lot of people count on this welfare.

grow up = become mature or old

When I grow up, I want to be a YouTuber.

escape from = free from captivity, get rid of

Five prisoners escaped from Central jail.

recover from = return to good health, regain something

It will take long time to recover from COVID-19.

resign from = remove oneself from job or position

I will resign from this job.

suffer from = affect by illness, unpleasant condition

Nepali consumers will suffer from higher price of foreign goods.

separate from = disconnect, split off, remove

The living room is separate from dining room and kitchen.

worry about = feel uneasy, anxious

I do not want to worry my parents about my relation.

Many jobholders now worry about keeping their jobs.

argue about = to debate, opposing viewpoint

Students argue about which faculty is better, science or management.

boast about = to speak proudly

We like to boast about our political party as the best.

dream about = to fantasize, to envision

I used to dream about the Bullet bike.

acquaint with = become familiar

When we visit new places, we should acquaint with there’s culture.

agree with = share same opinion, make happy

We do not agree with government’s new policy.

charge with = officially accuse, assign a task

He has been charged with illegal activity.

trust with = allow somebody to care

You should not trust with all online payment platforms through credit card.

confuse with = to puzzle, to mistake

Many nursery class students confuse with the letters b and d.

believe in = to be convinced, to have confidence

We believe in the democracy.

involve in = connect with, become embroiled,

Please stop trying to involve me in this argument.

Many people involved in network marketing are suffering.

succeed in = complete dream/hope/desire

What do you need to succeed in the business?

specialize in = have specific education or training

This hospital is specialized in heart problems.

absorb in = integrate in new situation

It is a lot to absorb in one lifetime.

It is difficult to see absorb in in a sentence.*

Keep in Mind

when you are unable to make sentence in the examination, you can use this trick for one phrasal verb:

1. It is difficult to see …….. in a sentence.*

2. Write any phrasal verb in blank or dot place

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COMPREHENSION

(A) Fill in the gaps with appropriate words/phrases from the text.

(a) People are using social media for individuals as well as social purpose.

(b) Social media is not only a platform of sharing views but also a platform of communication.

(d) Some singers organized charity concert to help Prita.

(e) The campaign to help Prita was able to collect Rp 825 million.

(B) Answer these questions:

(a) How do you define social media?

Answer: Social media is the platforms of sharing views and communication virtually.

(b) Social media has been as integrate part of modern life. How?

Answer: Social media has been as integrate part of modern life because we can connect to everybody virtually and able to get update of everything in each pitch of seconds.

(c) Why do people use Facebook and YouTube?

Answer: People use Facebook especially for communication and YouTube for entertainment through music, videos etc.

(d) What is blog? How can it be beneficial to us?

Answer: Blog is a personal or corporate website. It can be beneficial to share articles, pictures, videos and so on.

(e) Was Prita’s intention bad when she sent a message to her friends?

Answer: No, Prita’s intention wasn’t bad when she sent a message to her friends.

(f) How did Prita’s message become a big problem?

Answer: Prita’s message became a big problem.

Her friend shared it on a website.

Many readers read it and commented on the issue.

(g) Why was she convicted by the court?

Answer: She was convicted by the court because of violating the law of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

(h) What was the purpose of the campaign, “Bantu Bebaskan Prita”?

Answer: The purpose of the campaign “Bantu Bebaskan Prita” was to help Prita by collecting coin or money.

(i) How are people stronger than to social media?

Answer: It is because social media fully depends upon a user that’s why people are stronger than social media.

CRITICAL THINKING

(a) Does social media have positive impact in the society? Discuss.

Answer:

In today’s society, the use of social media has become a necessary daily activity.

Social media is typically used for social interaction and access to news and information and decision making.

It is a valuable communication tool with other locally and worldwide, as well as to share, create and to spread information.

Social media can be very influential on society in both positive and negative ways.

It gives people a way to stay in touch with people who live for away.

It lets people share, fun, interesting and informative content.

It gives business a way to engage with customers.

However, multiple studies have found a strong like between heavy social media.

Self-harm and even suicidal thoughts-social media may promote negative experience.

So, social media have both positive and negative impact in the society.

(b) How do you compare virtual communication and face to face communication?

Answer: The compare between virtual communication and face to face communication are as follows:

SN	Virtual communication	Face-to-face communication
1.	Virtual communication is online communication when people communicate without being face to face.	Face-to-face communication is direct physical presence with his/her body language.
2.	It is more effective for those who fear with face to face communication.	It is more effective for those who may struggle with virtual communication.
3.	In many cases, virtual communication is not so effective; we cannot feel other’s feeling.	It is easier to convince people in face to face.
4.	It is cost efficiently; we can connect many people from different countries at very cost.	It is very costly to communicate face to face many people from different countries; because we have to visit there.