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A LISTENING EXERCISE on BLOGS VS WIKIS: A fictitious debate
Watch the video and accomplish the following tasks:
A. Tick TRUE or FALSE:
1. Wikis and Blogs are very alike since they allow communication between people.
2. Communication through blogs is done in the form of comments.
3. Kennedy thinks that what America really needs now are blogs.
4. Nixon disagrees because blogs allow the administrator to control the information available.
5. According to Nixon, wikis are particularly susceptible to internet predators.
B. Complete the text (Kennedy’s second intervention):
"(…) the openness of a _____________ is a great example of freedom of ______________ that we get from a __________________. The voice of the people should not be _________________ .
Not only is a blog __________________ ,but they are unconstitutional in that they don’t _____________ freedom of speech. Mr. Nixon have you answered to the recently ___________________ charges that you pay people to put _______________ comments on your blog?"
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