IELTS reading inference Practice
Indem soziale Medien es Kandidaten ermöglichten, direkt mit Bürgern zu kommunizieren, haben sie den Einfluss von... reduziert.
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: intermediate
- A. Kleinspender.
- B. Führern politischer Parteien.
- C. Internationalen Beobachtern.
- D. Traditionellen Medienhütern.
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Paragraph E states that traditionally, politicians relied on 'established media outlets... to act as gatekeepers'. It then contrasts this with the modern day where social media allows candidates to 'bypass the editorial filters of traditional journalism'. This means the influence of these traditional media gatekeepers has been reduced.