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What does Google News emphasize with its series of headlines?
What does Google News emphasize with its series of headlines?
- The oldest stories
- The latest stories to have received a cluster of coverage (correct)
- The most controversial stories
- The stories with the most social media shares
What do the formal constraints imposed by social networks reflect?
What do the formal constraints imposed by social networks reflect?
- The public interest
- The interests of independent journalists
- The commercial interests of the companies operating the networks (correct)
- The political interests of the government
What is the formulaic quality of social media well suited to?
What is the formulaic quality of social media well suited to?
- Academic research
- The banter that takes place among friends (correct)
- Professional journalism
- In-depth political discourse
What does the text suggest about the application of templates and routines to political speech on social media?
What does the text suggest about the application of templates and routines to political speech on social media?
What does political discourse become most valuable when it involves?
What does political discourse become most valuable when it involves?
What will all of us get an education in, over the next year, according to the text?
What will all of us get an education in, over the next year, according to the text?
What may we discover about the gates maintained by our new gatekeepers?
What may we discover about the gates maintained by our new gatekeepers?
What do the formal constraints imposed by social networks have little to do with?
What do the formal constraints imposed by social networks have little to do with?
What kind of thought does social media tend to frustrate rather than promote?
What kind of thought does social media tend to frustrate rather than promote?
What kind of communication does the formulaic quality of social media simplify and speed up?
What kind of communication does the formulaic quality of social media simplify and speed up?
Google News provides a row of buttons for sharing the headlines on Google Plus, Twitter, and Facebook.
Google News provides a row of buttons for sharing the headlines on Google Plus, Twitter, and Facebook.
The formulaic quality of social media is well suited to political speech.
The formulaic quality of social media is well suited to political speech.
Social media tends to frustrate careful deliberation and open-ended critical thought.
Social media tends to frustrate careful deliberation and open-ended critical thought.
The formal constraints imposed by social networks reflect the public interest.
The formal constraints imposed by social networks reflect the public interest.
The gates maintained by our new gatekeepers are wider than ever.
The gates maintained by our new gatekeepers are wider than ever.
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