Part A: What is the author’s main purpose for writing the passage?

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to explain how the web has changed


to argue the new web is better


to describe benefits of social media


to share how social media began


Part B: Select two details from the text that best support your answer in Part A.

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Online information targeted a mostly inactive audience that received rather than shared content.


However, with the introduction of Web 2.0 Internet technologies, social media sites such as blogs began to allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in virtual communities.


This more open, public method of social media dialogue contrasted significantly with the top-down approach that characterized the early years of the web.



Websites operated on Web 1.0 technologies, where website hosts and owners were the primary content contributors.