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Shared social media and changing networks in rural familiesCEFR A1

28 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Michigan State, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Brelyn Bashrum, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
91 words
  • A research study looked at social media and families.
  • Many young people leave home to attend university.
  • Their parents usually stay in the same town.
  • Students meet many different people at university.
  • Social media helps students keep old friends far away.
  • If parents and children use the same sites, friend groups change.
  • Parents who share sites meet more people from other races.
  • We do not yet know long-term effects on families.
  • The study shows social media can help or harm.
  • Sharing sites can reduce closed friend groups for some parents.

Difficult words

  • social media — websites and apps for talking
  • university — a school for older students
  • attend — go to an event or place
  • research — careful study to find facts
  • family — people related by blood or marriage
    families
  • effect — a change that something causes
    effects

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Discussion questions

  • Do you use social media?
  • Do your parents use the same social sites as you?
  • Have you met new people at school or university?

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