Deck 9: I 3 My Phone: Technology and Social Networks

Question 1

Which of the following is a key characteristic of moral panic?

A) It is perceived as a threat
B) It is perceived as an opportunity
C) It is initiated by the media
D) It is initiated by youth

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Researchers have concluded that young people's technical skills, which enable them to gain information on their own, are seen as a threat to:

A) religious authority
B) adult authority
C) youth's cognitive development
D) youth's political awareness

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Marco is on the way home from his afternoon sociology class, when he decides to text a couple of friends and try to arrange a game of pool before dinner. Which of the following is Marco practicing?

A) Social coordination
B) Social networking
C) Microcoordination
D) Remote networking

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Martha is a high-school student who owns a smartphone. She shares photographs of her everyday life on Instagram and school jokes on Snapchat. In which of the following roles is she engaging?

A) Citizen-journalist
B) Producer
C) Consumer
D) Prosumer

Question 5

Anderson writes that one of the following mass media was instrumental in connecting physically remote members of a nation into an imagined community. Which one?

A) Newspapers
B) Radio
C) Television
D) Networked computers

Question 6

Guang saved her sociology term paper on her laptop. The evening before the paper is due, her hard drive fails and she has to recreate the paper from hand-written notes. What would Virilio call Guang's situation?

A) Unfortunate accident
B) Integral accident
C) Technological accident
D) Planning-related accident

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the belief that today's youth are self-absorbed and obsessed with technology?

A) Utopian cultural relativism
B) Dystopian cultural relativism
C) Dystopian technological determinism
D) Utopian technological determinism

Question 8

Which of the following is a negative consequence of easy connectivity on workers?

A) Complicated technology necessary to maintain it
B) Conflicts with co-workers
C) Limit on creativity
D) Lack of downtime

Question 9

Why are weak ties useful when you are looking for employment?

A) They provide access to different social networks.
B) They expand your own social network.
C) They strengthen the norm of reciprocity.
D) They provide emotional support.

Question 10

Nearly all of Sonya's friends are her high-school class mates: middle-class African American women living in the same neighborhood. This means that Sonya's social network is characterized by:

A) heteronormativity
B) homophily
C) heterogeneity
D) homophobia

Question 11

Putnam's work Bowling Alone is concerned with the disappearance of the following social feature, important to a thriving democracy:

A) virtual communities
B) technological literacy
C) networks of active citizens
D) active political parties

Question 12

According to the textbook, which of the following is most likely to benefit from participation in a virtual community?

A) An upper-class law student
B) A member of a racial majority
C) A native English speaker
D) A gay teenager

Question 13

Jasinder is a first-year sociology student. She invites both her high-school mates and her sociology study group to meet at a party in her home. Which role has Jasinder adopted in her social network?

A) Central node
B) Dense bond
C) Strong tie
D) Outlier

Question 14

According to the textbook, which of the following is a consequence of living in "iTime" with weak boundaries between private and professional time?

A) We are more likely to waste professional time on private matters.
B) We are less likely to identify exploitation.
C) We are more likely to be politically active.
D) We are less likely to spend time with friends.

Question 15

The textbook uses the example of the Black Lives Matter social movement to make the following point about social media:

A) participation in them is dangerous
B) they cannot build bridging social capital
C) they can facilitate political involvement
D) they divert attention from political issues

Question 16

Define a moral panic and give an example concerning new technologies.

Question 17

What were social effects of the introduction of telephone in the late 19th century?

Question 18

Describe the framing of Apple products in North American news media.

Question 19

Define utopian technological determinism and give an example concerning new technologies.

Question 20

Summarize the Frankfurt School's critique of popular culture.

Question 21

What is the relationship between the new digital technologies and social movements?