Social networking sites and microblogging.

1. LISTENING
I) You are going to listen to a radio programme about social networking and
microblogging. Please, write if the following sentences are True (T), False (F),
or not mentioned (NM).
1) According to the presenter, there are about 100 million people socializing online.
2) Facebook was founded by Chris Roberts 24 years ago.
3) Chris has got around 240 close friends on Facebook.
4) Chris finds microblogging uninteresting.
5) Chris thinks that living in a big city makes you feel lonely.
6) Holly spends most weekends at home sending and receiving messages from her friends.
Source: Macmillan- Insights 3 workbook.
II) Listen to the radio programme again and answer the following questions.
a) What does “ambient awareness” mean?
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b) What do you understand by “casual acquaintances”?
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c) What´s microblogging?
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d) Why does Chris find microblogging absurd?
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e) What´s Holly´s opinion about microblogging?
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