{"id":8242,"date":"2018-04-25T13:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T11:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=8242"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:26:32","slug":"can-facebook-lessen-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/04\/can-facebook-lessen-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Facebook Lessen Corruption?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The emergence of the Internet has allowed people to communicate in faster and more efficient ways. Dissemination of opinions and self-expression have been pushed into even more new areas where everything can be exposed with the advent of social media, especially Facebook. For this reason, can this be a tool to hinder corruption?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/studies\/society\/social-media\/facebook-corruption-social-media-internet-penetration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/studies\/society\/social-media\/facebook-corruption-social-media-internet-penetration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Talk about corruption in your country. What are the government&#8217;s actions to fight corruption?<\/p>\n<p>2. If you were to post about your thoughts on corruption on Facebook now, what would you say?<\/p>\n<p>3. How else can Facebook and other social media make a positive impact?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate The emergence of the Internet has allowed people to communicate in faster and more efficient ways. 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