Эссе ЕГЭ по английскому на тему «Социальные сети и источники информации» — пример на 14 баллов

Nowadays it is hard to imagine a teenager who does not follow the news online. I am doing a project on where young people in my region get their news from, and I have found some data on this — the results of a survey shown in the pie chart below. According to the chart, the response "Social media" (48%) ranks well ahead of all the other sources, followed by "Television" (22%). At the other end of the scale, only 5% of teenagers chose "Radio". Looking more closely at the figures, one can note that "Social media" is far more popular than "Radio", as the difference between these two responses is 43 percentage points. This is quite understandable, given that almost every teenager carries a smartphone and reads the news on the move. However, this trend can create a serious problem. Social media is full of fake news, and teenagers may believe information that has never been checked. One way of solving this is to teach media literacy at school, so that students learn to distinguish reliable sources from rumours. In my opinion, social media is a convenient way to stay informed, but it should not be the only one, because accuracy matters more than speed. Personally, I prefer to double-check important news on official websites. To sum up, the data shows that teenagers need not only access to information, but also the skills to use it wisely.