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Social Media: How do social networks and virtual worlds "threaten institutional power"?

a. They suck up a lot of time

b.The masses determine what's on it

c. before social networking companies only had to worry about influencing experts

d. They enable relationships

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    a. They suck up a lot of time

    This way they keep people reading gossip instead of following real news.

  • madnob
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    the same way mobile phones do, by posting instant access to news and bypassing censorship.

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