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IELTS Essay: More and more people no longer read newspapers or watch TV programmes to get ...

Prompt

More and more people no longer read newspapers or watch TV programmes to get their news and instead read online. Is this a positive or negative development?

#digital_news#traditional_media#information_access#technology_adoption

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 addresses speed and accessibility as positive while noting credibility concerns; Band 9 examines the societal shift (fragmentation of shared reality, misinformation vectors) with evidence-based argument.

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Key concepts in this essay

media credibility and verification
information speed vs. accuracy tradeoff
digital divide and accessibility
filter bubbles and algorithmic bias

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Stating obvious benefits of online news (speed, accessibility) without deeper analysis of quality or credibility issues
Missing nuance on what 'positive' means (faster vs. more accurate vs. more diverse)
No discussion of audiences for whom TV/newspapers remain necessary

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