Deck 1: What Is Sociological About the Digital Society

Question 1

Social studies of technological systems have demonstrated that technologies are:

A) Neutral
B) Value-laden
C) Becoming increasingly unpopular
D) Becoming obsolete

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What term describes how data analytics are being used to observe and govern the poor?

A) Internet inequality
B) Online prison
C) Data discrimination
D) Digital poor house

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What term describes the use of data analysis to determine risk?

A) Probability data analysis
B) Insurance data analysis
C) Predictive data analysis
D) Determining data analysis

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What term describes programmable digital infrastructures controlled by
Operators who curate the interactions of users?

A) Moderators
B) Social media
C) Platforms
D) Boards

Question 5

The infrastructuralization of the Internet describes how:

A) The Internet's infrastructure is rapidly evolving
B) Digital services are becoming increasingly indispensable to the conduct of everyday life
C) Patterns of internet usage are shaped by user's location
D) Internet providers dictate how the internet is used

Question 6

The term digital divide describes:

A) The gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who do not
B) Brand loyalty to a specific computer brand
C) The lack of compatibility between different computer operating systems
D) Differences in how old and young people use the Internet

Question 7

The term technological determinism refers to:

A) Society having an active impact on largely passive technologies
B) How past technologies dictate the shape of future technologies
C) Technology having an active impact on a largely passive society
D) The laws put in place to govern the use of technology

Question 8

Which perspective explores the development and use of digital technology in practice?

A) The methodological perspective
B) The contextual perspective
C) The interactive perspective
D) The socio-technological perspective

Question 9

Which sociological perspective examines wider process of interaction and interactivity between technology, knowledge and society?

A) The interactive perspective
B) The contextual perspective
C) The socio-technological perspective
D) The methodological perspective

Question 10

Which perspective seeks to understand transformations in ways of knowing and intervening in digital societies?

A) The interactive perspective
B) The contextual perspective
C) The methodological perspective
D) The socio-technological perspective