Asked by Kevin Bradley on Jun 09, 2024
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The fact that Americans today are likely to follow the news by briefly reading multiple headlines online rather than by reading longer news articles is referred to as
A) "browsing and breezing."
B) "searching and sampling."
C) "skimming and scanning."
D) "receiving and accepting."
Skimming and Scanning
Reading techniques where skimming involves quickly going through text to grasp the main idea, and scanning is searching for specific information within a document.
- Investigate how media contributes to the molding and displaying of societal attitudes.
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Giselle CabreraJun 16, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
Skimming is a technique of quickly browsing through the text to get a general idea of what the text is all about. Scanning is a technique of looking for specific details or information in a text. Both techniques are commonly used for reading online news articles, where people tend to read multiple headlines and summaries quickly rather than reading whole articles in-depth.
Learning Objectives
- Investigate how media contributes to the molding and displaying of societal attitudes.