Question

Read the following passage from the article “Addiction for Fun and Profit” by Will Oremus, published on the website on November 10, 2017: Whether Facebook or any other app is good or bad for us doesn’t just depend on how much we use it, but on how we use it—and what that usage does to us, both individually and as a society. Being addictive, in other words, doesn’t make a company’s products evil: Being evil makes them evil. Which of the sentences below most correctly and effectively incorporates this source material? (Either APA or MLA style citations are acceptable.) In his article “Addiction for Fun and Profit,” (2017) Oremus says Facebook can be “good or bad, depending on how much we use it and how we use it.” Facebook is addictive for some people but not for others, said the article “Addiction for Fun and Profit” (2017), by Will Oremus. Oremus (2017) concluded that Facebook is evil. According to Oremus (2017), addictive products are problematic only if the addiction has negative effects on users or their community.

Answer 1

The sentence that most correctly and effectively incorporates the source material is:

"According to Oremus (2017), addictive products are problematic only if the addiction has negative effects on users or their community."

This sentence accurately reflects the nuanced argument made in the passage, focusing on the impact of usage rather than labeling addictive products as inherently evil.