首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The economy may be troubled, but one area is thriving: social media. They begin with Facebook and extend through a dizzying arra
The economy may be troubled, but one area is thriving: social media. They begin with Facebook and extend through a dizzying arra
admin
2019-09-23
44
问题
The economy may be troubled, but one area is thriving: social media. They begin with Facebook and extend through a dizzying array of companies that barely existed five years ago: Twitter, LinkedIn, Groupon, Yammer — and the list goes on. These companies are mostly private, but have attracted the ardent attention of Wall Street and investors, with Facebook now worth purportedly US$75 billion and Groupon valued at close to US$25 billion.
There can be little doubt that these companies enrich their founders as well as some investors. But do they add anything to overall economic activity? While jobs in social media are growing fast, there were only about 21,000 listings last spring, a tiny fraction of the 150 million-member U.S. workforce. So do social-media tools enhance productivity or help us bridge the wealth divide? Or are they simply entertaining socially, and diverting us when it comes to national economic health?
The answers are vital, because billions of dollars in investment capital are being spent on these ventures, and if we are to have a productive future economy, that capital needs to grow the economic pie — and not just among the elite of Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
The problem is that these tools are so new that it is extremely difficult to answer the questions definitively. Flash back nearly 20 years and the same question was being asked about the first Internet wave. Were Netscape and the Web enhancing our economy, or were people just spending more time at work checking out ESPN.com? Official statistics weren’t designed to capture the benefits, and didn’t capture them until statistics experts at the Federal Reserve, urged on by Alan Greenspan, refined the way they measured productivity. As a result of these somewhat controversial innovations, the late 1990s became a period of substantial technology-driven gains.
It is possible that the same gap exists today, that social-media tools are indeed laying the groundwork for new industries and jobs, but aren’t yet registering on the statistical radar. Many companies believe social media make them more competitive. Ford and Zappos, for instance, use Twitter to market their products and address consumer complaints.
One big question is what proportion of that benefit will be captured economically by consumers vs. corporations. Sure, social media allow people to compare prices and quality and assess which companies are good to work for and where jobs might be. They also may enhance education and idea sharing, but the caveat is that the people who use these tools are the ones with higher education and income to spend on technology, not the tens of millions whose position in today’s world has eroded so sharply. According to a recent Pew Foundation study, only 45 percent of adults making less than US$30,000 have access to broadband, which is an essential component of using content-rich social media effectively.
And that is the rub. Like so many things these days, social media contribute to economic bifurcation. Dynamic companies are benefiting from these tools, even if the gains are tough to nail down in specific figures. Many individuals are benefiting too, using LinkedIn to find jobs and Groupon to find deals. But now, the irony is that social media widen the social divide, making it even harder for the have-nots to navigate. They allow those with jobs to do them more effectively and companies that are profiting to profit more. But so far, they have done little to aid those who are being left behind. They are, in short, business as usual.
What is the author’s attitude toward social media’s contribution to national economic health?
选项
A、Indifferent.
B、Doubtful.
C、Positive.
D、Neutral.
答案
B
解析
态度题。从文章最后两段的表述可以看出作者认为社交媒体扩大了社会鸿沟,使富人更富,穷人却很难得到益处,因此态度是否定的、负面的。故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XtMO777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI二级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI二级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Formorethantwocenturies,American’scollegesanduniversitieshavebeenthebackboneofthecountry’sprogress.Theyhaveed
Afterits(1)tothe(2)in2001,Chinahastakenstepstowardsopeningupits(3).AsaconditionforjoiningtheWTO,China(
A、正确B、错误A词义理解题。根据原文的问答部分So,whatistheessenceofleadership?Basically,whatisrequiredofatrueleader?Itiscommunication
ArcticConditionsforPolarBearsArcticconditionsmaybecomecriticalforpolarbearsbyendof21stcentury.Shiftsin
ProblemDescriptionoftheFloodEarlyWarningSystemVocabularyandExpressionsphysically-basedalgorithmdeploy
HackersAttackUSStateDepartmentComputersTheU.S.StateDepartmenthascloseditspublicemailsystemandwebsitesafter
Whatisthemainfindingofthestudy?
Emotionisafeelingaboutorreactiontocertainimportanteventsorthoughts.Peopleenjoyfeelingsuchpleasantemotionsasl
IBMhasjustannouncedtheinventionofthePAN—PersonalAreaNetwork—asetofdevicesthatusehumansasconductorstorela
IBMhasjustannouncedtheinventionofthePAN—PersonalAreaNetwork—asetofdevicesthatusehumansasconductorstorela
随机试题
下列哪项属顺汇方法支付()。
近代中国睁眼看世界的第一人是()
不符合转移性胸膜肿瘤的是
鼻咽部横断面CT扫描的体位与基线是
棉子与棉子饼所含的环丙烯类脂肪酸能使卵黄膜的通透性升高,铁离子透过卵黄膜转移到蛋清与蛋清蛋白螯合,所产蛋发生变化,称为
下列哪个说法是错误的
除哪项外均为茅苍术的性状特征
在订立合同时显失公平的合同,当事人可以请求人民法院撤销该合同,其行使撤销权的有效期限是()。
输入动物,检出二类传染病、寄生虫病的,退回或者扑杀,同群其他动物在隔离场或者其他指定地点销毁。( )
Word“自动保存”功能可以每隔一定时间保存一次文档,自动保存以后可用于断电恢复。但不能代替正常存盘。()
最新回复
(
0
)