Samuel: Because communication via

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope5% picked this

   A general trend of modern life is to dissolve the social bonds that

   Neither Samuel nor Tova address a general trend of modern life.

   5%
2. B

   Too Strong6% picked this

   All purely private behavior contributes to the dissolution of

   While Samuel would agree that some purely private behavior contributes to the dissolution of social bonds, he limits this to private behavior that replaces in person interactions between people.

   6%
3. C

   Half Scope17% picked this

   Face-to-face communication is more likely to contribute to the creation of social bonds than

   While Samuel would agree with this statement, Tova does not address it.

   17%
4. D

   Out of Scope1% picked this

   It is desirable that new social bonds be created to replace the ones

   Neither Samuel nor Tova discuss the creation of new social bonds to replace the ones that have dissolved.

   1%
5. E

   Correct71% picked this

   If people were not communicating via computer, they would most likely be engaged in activities that

   Why this is right

   Samuel would agree with this statement, while Tova would disagree with it. It seems to relate more to Claim 1. Samuel thinks that computer communication is taking the place of a conversation that would otherwise be in person. An in-person conversation is presumably creating a stronger social bond than a private / anonymous computer conversation. Tova questions the assumption that "if we weren't using the computer, we would most likely be meeting up in-person". She ends up saying that if computer users weren't using the computer, they wouldn't be engaged in pro-social behavior (like intimate meet-ups). They'd either be doing something asocial, like reading a comic book, or doing something antisocial, like writing a manifesto.

   Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   71%