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IELTS reading detail Practice

The design of social media algorithms frequently leads to increased...

Question type: sentence completion ยท Difficulty: intermediate

  1. A. political compromise and dialogue.
  2. B. trust in traditional news sources.
  3. C. political polarization and division.
  4. D. awareness of international events.

Explanation Preview

Paragraph D explains that the phenomenon of 'echo chambers' 'exacerbates political polarization, making constructive dialogue and compromise... increasingly difficult'. This shows a direct link between the algorithms and increased polarization.

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