No trecho do segundo parágrafo “largely due to a ‘social
comparison’ phenomenon”, a expressão sublinhada pode ser
substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por
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America’s social-media addiction is getting worse
(Sources: Pew Research Centre; e Marketer)
A survey in January and February 2019 from the Pew
Research Centre, a think tank, found that 69% of American
adults use Facebook; of these users, more than half visit the
site “several times a day”. YouTube is even more popular,
with 73% of adults saying they watch videos on the platform.
For those aged 18 to 24, the figure is 90%. Instagram, a
photo-sharing app, is used by 37% of adults. When Pew
first conducted the survey in 2012, only a slim majority of
Americans used Facebook. Fewer than one in ten had an
Instagram account.
Americans are also spending more time than ever
on social-media sites like Facebook. There is evidence
that limiting such services might yield health benefits. A
paper published last year by Melissa Hunt, Rachel Marx,
Courtney Lipson and Jordyn Young, all of the University of
Pennsylvania, found that limiting social-media usage to 10
minutes a day led to reductions in loneliness, depression,
anxiety and fear. Another paper from 2014 identified a link
between heavy social-media usage and depression, largely
due to a “social comparison” phenomenon, whereby users
compare themselves to others and come away with lower
evaluations of themselves.
(www.economist.com, 08.08.2019. Adaptado.)
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America’s social-media addiction is getting worse
(Sources: Pew Research Centre; e Marketer)
A survey in January and February 2019 from the Pew Research Centre, a think tank, found that 69% of American adults use Facebook; of these users, more than half visit the site “several times a day”. YouTube is even more popular, with 73% of adults saying they watch videos on the platform. For those aged 18 to 24, the figure is 90%. Instagram, a photo-sharing app, is used by 37% of adults. When Pew first conducted the survey in 2012, only a slim majority of Americans used Facebook. Fewer than one in ten had an Instagram account.
Americans are also spending more time than ever on social-media sites like Facebook. There is evidence that limiting such services might yield health benefits. A paper published last year by Melissa Hunt, Rachel Marx, Courtney Lipson and Jordyn Young, all of the University of Pennsylvania, found that limiting social-media usage to 10 minutes a day led to reductions in loneliness, depression, anxiety and fear. Another paper from 2014 identified a link between heavy social-media usage and depression, largely due to a “social comparison” phenomenon, whereby users compare themselves to others and come away with lower evaluations of themselves.
(www.economist.com, 08.08.2019. Adaptado.)
Gabarito comentado
O enunciado pede uma substituição correta para a expressão DUE TO.
Vejamos o trecho em questão:
Another paper from 2014 identified a link between heavy social-media usage and depression, largely due to a “social comparison" phenomenon, whereby users compare themselves to others and come away with lower evaluations of themselves. = Outro artigo de 2014 identificou uma ligação entre o uso pesado de mídia social e depressão, em grande parte devido a um fenômeno de “comparação social", em que os usuários se comparam a outros e acabam com avaliações inferiores de si mesmos.
A expressão DUE TO significa "devido a/ao". Para pensar em sinônimos, vamos parafrasear a seguinte sentença:
Devido à greve de ônibus, precisei faltar ao trabalho.
Por causa da greve de ônibus, precisei faltar ao trabalho.
Em razão da greve de ônibus, precisei faltar ao trabalho.
Como resultado da greve de ônibus, precisei faltar ao trabalho.
Em virtude da greve de ônibus, precisei faltar ao trabalho.
Em Inglês, os sinônimos de DUE TO são BECAUSE OF, AS A RESULT OF, BY REASON OF
Agora vamos analisar as alternativas:
A) ERRADO - in spite of. = apesar de
B) CORRETO - as a result of. = Como resultado de
C) ERRADO - apart from. = exceto por
D) ERRADO - instead of. = ao invés de
E) ERRADO - in order to. = a fim de
GABARITO DO PROFESSOR: ALTERNATIVA B.
