Chào các thính giả yêu mến của chương trình Học Tiếng Anh qua các chủ đề của chương trình học tiếng anh cùng Radiome. Mình là Diệu Hoa.
Chủ đề nghe Tiếng Anh của chúng ta ngày hôm nay có tựa đề là: The Good and Bad of Social Media có nghĩa là những mặt tốt và mặt hạn chế của truyền thông xã hội. Vì bài nghe khá dài nên mình sẽ tách làm hai phần để các bạn dễ dàng theo dõi hơn nhé!
Các bạn cùng chú ý lắng nghe với tiết tấu chậm rãi của chương trình Spotlight nhé. Note lại những từ bạn nghe chưa rõ và xem lại ở bản text để làm phong phú thêm vốn từ vựng của mình nhé!
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Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Robin Basselin.
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And I’m Ryan Geerstma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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Every day, more than one billion people connect with each other using social media. People post pictures on websites like Facebook. They like and share videos that they have watched on YouTube. And they send messages to friends using programs like QQ Messenger. In just the last 10 years, social media has completely changed the way we communicate. And it has let us communicate with people around the world. But how does using social media affect us?
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Scientists from many different countries have studied this question. They have looked particularly at its effects on human emotions and relationships. Some studies show that using social media can cause depression. And other studies suggest that it can negatively affect our relationships. Today's Spotlight is on the positive and negative effects of social media.

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The main positive effect of social media is also its purpose: connection. Modern life can be very busy. Many people work long hours. Other people live far away from family and friends in different cities or countries. Today, many things separate people. And it can be difficult to stay connected with the people that are important to us. Zeynep Tufekci is a scientist who studies social media and human behavior. In The Atlantic magazine, she wrote,
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“Social media's very fast rise is a loud and growing attempt by people everywhere to connect with each other. They are connecting even with all the barriers that the modern world forces on our lives.”
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Social media can also help people make new friends. Often, these are friends they would not have met without social media. For example, imagine you have a very particular interest. You love the science of soil! Usually, you would not meet very many people who are also interested in soil. But through social media, you can find people all over the world who share your interest in soil science.
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Social media can also help people spread news about major world events. This lets people all over the world react more quickly and even help. For example, in January of 2010, the small country of Haiti experienced a major earthquake. More than 100,000 people died. Millions more people needed food and shelter. Soon after the earthquake, the International Red Cross started an appeal for aid on social media. Very quickly, they raised many millions of dollars to help the earthquake victims. Wendy Harman, the Red Cross social media manager, told Mashable:
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"The result was huge. I am sure that it would not have spread so widely without social media."
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It is clear that social media has many positive effects. But some scientists warn that social media can also harm people. The Public Library of Science published a major study in 2013. This study looked at people from the United States who used the social media website Facebook. The study found that the more these individuals used Facebook, the less they were satisfied with their life. And scientists observed that this could cause feelings of depression. Another major study in Germany found similar results. Scientist studies how 600 German Facebook users felt while they used Facebook. They found that the most common emotion people experienced while using Facebook was envy.
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