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1) Summarise the article in 50 words. This article discusses the privacy questions held by many about the internet and how it uses its ability to track people's online activity to make money. It also briefly talks about the online facades the majority of us create when sharing content online, content that depends on our audience; the article says that the things we share that could be viewed by our parents would differ to the things we share on other platforms in the knowledge that our parents would NOT be able to see it. 2) Are you worried about companies tracking your online movement? For the most part, no, because my online activity doesn't involve anything that would warrant any concern. Having said that, I don't like the idea of a complete stranger becoming familiar with my daily online habits, making it easier for them to find out information I wouldn't intentionally provide. 3) Are the questions over data and privacy small prices to pay for the possibilities

1) Read the first two articles. Write one paragraph on each summing up the key aspects. The first article was written by a researcher who visited a British school for a year, intent on finding out more about the online habits of teenagers and how this affects their home lives and their education. During his research, he discovered that the concerns that teachers generally seem to have about their students' online activity are usually unnecessary as he found nothing that was evident of activity deemed dangerous to the students or other people. He also observed teachers attempting to further engage their pupils by incorporating elements of popular culture in their teaching e.g. "role models from the media dotted the classroom walls." Having said that, he also noted that a lot of the methods in trying to get the pupils to involve themselves with the media in school appeared to be the complete opposite of what their engagement with the media would be at home. The second