Instructions: You are allowed to access your prescribed works and the study material. You are however not allowed to copy verbatim from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words and any sources consulted should be cited according to the Harvard referencing method. In the case of plagiarism or cheating of any kind you will be reported to the University’s Student Disciplinary Section. The answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document. • Please do not password protect your document • Please do not preview your exam paper after uploading • Do not submit answer files that are illegible and unclear. • Poorly scanned and hard to read answer files will result in a zero mark. • Guard against incomplete or incorrect conversion to PDF. • Submission of a corrupt file will result in a zero mark • Convert all pages into a single PDF document. • Do not load the pages one by one. • Your answer file must not be more than 20mb in size. • Keep a record or proof of submission.SECTION A: Integrated Content and Text-Based Questions Read the text and answer the questions set. Social Media Today – Is Social Media a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? By Lucy Rendler-Kaplan Para 1 Social media, like so many other things in life, is what you make of it. Social media connects people. It connects us with people we may never meet in person, yet we’re still able to develop as strong (and as I’ve found, many times even stronger) relationships with these people. Para 2 Social media also gives everyone an equal voice. For example, there are no gatekeepers when you publish via your social profile (outside of each platform’s terms of use) – you can write anything and anyone has the chance to view it. This has truly democratized media and given everyone a medium through which to be heard. In addition, social media has provided consumer insight. Brands are now able to tailor their products and services to what people really need and are looking for because social networking helps narrow the gap between a company and their current and/or potential consumers. Para 3 Two other advantages of social media include more education and real-time news updates. We now have access to educational opportunities that were previously not available. For instance, we can learn how to do almost anything you seek via videos and ‘how-tos’ on the internet, changing the way we learn. News content is also equally available much faster than the regularly scheduled television news updates. A good example is the immediacy of Twitter. Para 4 Social media is widely known to promote misinformation and fake news. People can find real news and they can find fake news, laid out as real. Inevitably, there will always be people looking to capitalize on any media distribution method, and there’ll be those who’ll believe anything they read and not look any further into finding out if what they’re reading is an internet hoax. Para 5 Productivity is also reduced through social media. People will use social media when they’re supposed to be more productive, but this cannot be solely blamed on social media. Before the internet, people still wasted time while at work. More dangerously, social media can be addictive. Studies have been conducted which show that people get the same dopamine high when someone likes one of their posts as an addict does from a hit of cocaine. Just like an alcoholic that can’t start their day without a shot of alcohol, many people can’t get out of bed before checking Facebook. This type of behavior can obviously be problematic – especially so when also coupled with similar academic research which shows that social media usage can increase instances of depression. Para 6 Finally, social media can facilitate cyber-bullying. This can take disagreements to new levels, leaving little escape for victims and it can be really scary. Whereas you used to have a problem with someone in person, today, that person’s able to gather people from anywhere in the world to join their cause or hatred against people or institutions. This is by no means an exhaustive list, nor does it answer the original question. Perhaps the better question to ask is “How can I use social media for good?” What do you think? Let us know in the comments what your experience has been like.Question 1 – 12×1 Mark =12 Marks 1. What feature of human language best describes the formation of the words Twitter, Facebook and cyber-bullying in the text? 1 mark 2. The phrase ‘dopamine high’ is an example of which type of phrase as it is used in paragraph 5 of the text a. noun phrase b. adjectival phrase c. adverbial phrase 1 mark 3. What does the pronoun “it” in sentence three of paragraph 1 refer back to? 1 mark 4. What is the main overall idea expressed across paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the text? 1 mark 5. From which language reference tool would you find out the meaning of “hoax”? 1 mark 6. What language reference tool would you use to find a synonym for “hoax”? 1 mark 7. What example of tense is expressed in the sentence In addition, social media has provided consumer insight? 1 mark 8. Provide one reason for your answer in question 7 1 mark 9. What part of speech is the bolded word in the following sentence? People can find real news and they can find fake news, laid out as real. 1 mark 10. What part of speech is the bolded word in the following sentence? We now have access to educational opportunities that were previously not available. 1 mark 11. Is the language used to write the text formal or informal? 1 mark 12. Give one example to support your answer for Question 11 1 mark Question 2 – 4×2 Marks = 8 Marks 1. What is the function of human language that allows for the formation of the words Twitter, Facebook and cyber-bullying found in the text? 2 marks 2. Name two functions of language that are demonstrated in the text 2 marks 3. Give two language awareness skills that would help you to differentiate between real and fake news on social media 2 marks 4. Identify the supportive evidence that the author uses to justify the two advantages of social media in paragraph 3. 2 marks Question 3 – 4×3 Marks = 12 Marks 1. Explain the use of “In addition”, “for instance” and “finally” as signposting language in the text. 3 marks 2. In paragraph 6, what type of phrase is “in the comments”? Analyse / break down the phrase into its constituent parts. 1 mark for identifying the phrase, 2 marks for breaking down the phrase into its constituent parts. 3 marks 3. Provide three separate sentences of your own in which the word ‘productivity’ is used as: a. a verb b. an adverb c. an adjective 3 marks 4. What type of text is “Is Social Media a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?” Name two extra-textual clues you used to reach your answer. 1 mark for the type of text and 2 marks for two extra-textual clues 3 marksQuestion 4 – 4×4 Marks = 16 Marks 1. In paragraph 2, what type of phrase is “Your social profile”? Analyse or break down the phrase into its three main constituent parts. 1 mark for identifying the type of phrase, 3 marks for analysing / breaking down the phrase into its constituent parts. 4 marks 2. Give two examples of regular verbs and two examples of irregular verbs that can be found in paragraph 2 only 4 marks 3. When the sentence More dangerously, social media can be addictive is read aloud, which two words would you stress to give the full impact of the meaning of the sentence? Give one reason why you identified those two words. 4 marks 4. Read paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 carefully. In four short sentences, give in your own words the disadvantages of social media that are suggested by the author. Take your answer from the text only. 4 marks Question 5 – 2×6 Marks = 12 Marks 1. Read page 69 to 75 in your Study Guide then answer the question below. Describe what you can do if you were listening to this text on a radio talk show for each of the following phases: a. Pre listening phase (before) b. While listening phase (during) c. Post listening phase (after) 6 marks 2. At the end of the text, the author asks the question How can I use social media for good? What do you think? Let us know what your experience has been like. In three sentences, describe your own experiences with social media. 6 marks