Question

twitter, facebook and other new media offer ways for the arab - american news media to reach audiences, but also pose a threat to smaller outlets. in addition to keeping up with the online presence of larger news organizations, arab - american media are forced to compete with user - generated content that is rapidly available to audiences. the utility of social media in accessing information became clear during the arab uprisings and events such as egypt’s parliamentary and presidential elections. however, manneh of new america media points out that the credibility of this information is difficult to verify \depending on where it’s from, to whom it’s attributed, and especially when various events are happening very quickly.\ arab - american news outlets find they must compete with this abundance of online content in order to evolve alongside readers who are increasingly turning to the internet for information. newspapers have made the how do the authors support the claim that new media sources threaten smaller arab american media outlets? by explaining how traditional outlets have to keep up with user - generated content by showing how the events of the arab spring were covered by new media outlets by giving suzanne manneh’s explanation that social media content may not be credible by stating that new media does not carry the weight of traditional new sources

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The passage says Arab - American media (including smaller outlets) have to keep up with larger news organizations' online presence and compete with user - generated content. This shows how new media (user - generated content and larger org's online presence) threaten smaller outlets as they have to compete/keep up.
• Option 2: The Arab Spring coverage in new media shows the utility of social media, not how new media threatens smaller Arab - American outlets.
• Option 3: Manneh's comment is about credibility of social media content, not about new media threatening smaller outlets.
• Option 4: The passage doesn't state that new media lacks the weight of traditional sources in relation to threatening smaller outlets.

Answer:

A. by explaining how traditional outlets have to keep up with user - generated content