IELTS Essay: Internet News

Vocabulary Answers

increasingly large segments of the population more and more people

rather than instead of

physical editions real copies

conveniences easier to use

self-evident obvious

trend pattern

on the whole in general

proponents supporters

modern habits the way people act now

argue claim

convenient easy and simple to use

abound are common

consumers customers

locate articles find news

enabling allowing for

access get to

matters the most to them care about the most

efficiently without wasting energy

while at the same time

commuting travelling to work/school

during various periods of inactivity throughout the day when not doing something

possible could happen

audio version can be listened to

tremendous advance huge step forward

visually impaired hard to see

modern features new abilities

hint look forward to

innovations to come changes in the future

validate justify

decline decrease

publishing industry magazines, newspapers, books

nonetheless regardless

considerably lower much less

exceptions outliers

specialise focus on

subject-area field of work

employ intelligent contributors hire smart writers

vast majority most of

online news industry websites posting news

cynically pursues just trying to get

advertising revenue money from ads

at any cost unethically

written hastily written quickly

misleading not accurate

rife with unchecked facts full of mistakes

unprofessional prose badly written

retractions mistakes corrected later

reporting errors mistakes

unnoticed not seen

situation context

confirm their biases agree with their views

gain a momentary burst of endorphins feel happy for a minute

out of outrage in anger

so-called allegedly

‘hate-reading‘ reading just because you hate an article

very same reason exact same cause

therefore justified that’s why it should be so

claim argue

relationship interaction

publisher magazines, sites, etc.

exploitive taking advantage of

educational making your smarter

outweigh stronger than

instilled encouraged

regulate make laws about

properly well

falls to lies with

make more informed choices make better choices

consuming media reading/listening to news