Read this passage from the article:
Social media might not seem like it has much in common with the Gutenberg printing press. For one thing, creating 180 copies of a book took the medieval machine about three years. A social media post, on the other hand, can reach millions of people almost instantaneously… In terms of their impact on people's lives, though, social media and Gutenberg's famous apparatus have some similarities.
The author's purpose for writing this passage was to __________.
claim that the printing press and social media had much the same effect on society
prove to the reader that the printing press was a more important invention than social media
persuade the reader that social media has been more important than the printing press
emphasize that the printing press and social media have nothing in common