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social media improving or compromising meaningful human interactions, or you may present a different point of view. In any case, you should use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

Timed-Essay Option #2: Based on your experience and your reading the following two quotes from CQ Researcher, take a specific position on this question: Is technology actually improving the quality of communication, or is it actually compromising the quality of meaningful human interaction by replacing it with sheer quantity? In general, you may write about social media improving or compromising meaningful human interactions, or you may present a different point

advocates for a position related to the question and demonstrate your knowledge of MLA or APA documentation.

include TWO paraphrases representing one or both of the following direct quotes. and use one, short direct quote from either one of the following two direct quotes.

Through correct use of an in-text citation(s) and/or signal phrase(s), you should not plagiarize in your essay. You should weave aspects from one or both direct quote into your essay.

First Direct Quote Internet socializing has become hugely popular, and Web sites that help people meet

potential dates, find new friends and keep track of old ones are big business. Hundreds of sites attract tens of millions of users, and more sites come online daily. Born along with the Internet in the early 1970s, online socializing has helped people worldwide link to others with common interests for conversation and support. Nevertheless, new social- networking sites like Facebook and MySpace raise more troubling privacy issues than traditional Internet chat rooms. Visitors to such sites can access not only individuals' posted profiles but also profiles of their friends. Parents and law-enforcement agencies worry that predators can use the information to contact vulnerable teens. Some states are considering requiring tighter security and confidentiality, and a bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require schools and libraries to block teenagers from the sites.

Cyber Socializing: Are Internet Sites Like

published in CQ Researcher on July 28, 2006 in volume 16, issue 27.

Second Direct Quote the use of computers, cell

phones, social networking sites and other technology to threaten or humiliate others is putting young people at risk, sometimes with deadly consequences. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has labeled "electronic aggression" an "emerging public- health problem." Court precedents on school discipline and students' First Amendment rights provide limited guidance to educators grappling with the emerging world of cyber communication, especially transmissions originating off school grounds. Nonetheless, many states and school districts are taking strong steps aimed at curbing cyber abuse. In Congress, bills to provide new funding for online-safety programs have been introduced, but conflicts have arisen over how federal money for such efforts sho

Only write ONE essay: Timed-Essay Option #1 or #2.

Only Timed-Essay Option #2 has the possibility of your testing out of WRIT 112.