Who famously stated the medium is the message_______________?
A. Manuel Castells
B. Marshall McLuhan
C. Howard Rheingold
D. Karl Marx
Technology & Media
The global dominance of American film exports raises s about_____________?
The global dominance of American film exports raises s about_____________?
A. cultural imperialism
B. rise of digital media
C. virtual communities
D. the US is not the largest global exporter of films
social aggregations that emerge from the (Inter)Net when enough people carry on…. public discussions long enough with sufficient human feeling to form webs of personal relationships What is Rheingold (2000) describing here ?
social aggregations that emerge from the (Inter)Net when enough people carry on…. public discussions long enough with sufficient human feeling to form webs of personal relationships What is Rheingold (2000) describing here ?
A. cyberspace
B. the worldwide web
C. virtual communities
D. chatrooms
Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with each other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi -user domains) and electronic chat rooms ?
Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with each other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi -user domains) and electronic chat rooms ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory
Which term was introduced by Charles Per row to refer to failures that are inevitable given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized ________________?
Which term was introduced by Charles Per row to refer to failures that are inevitable given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized ________________?
A. the Per row principle
B. the Peter principle
C. the school principal
D. normal accidents
The use of terms such as flaming and chat rooms by the subculture of early Internet users is an example of____________?
The use of terms such as flaming and chat rooms by the subculture of early Internet users is an example of____________?
A. charisma
B. argot
C. equilibrium
D. virtual reality
The acceptance of preventive medicine is an example of the process that Parsons called______________?
The acceptance of preventive medicine is an example of the process that Parsons called______________?
A. differentiation
B. value generalization
C. inclusion
D. adaptive upgrading
Nineteenth-century theories of social change reflect the pioneering work in biological evolution done by____________?
Nineteenth-century theories of social change reflect the pioneering work in biological evolution done by____________?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Charles Darwin
C. Harriet Martineau
D. Benjamin Franklin
The effect of the Internet upon the public sphere has been to_____________?
The effect of the Internet upon the public sphere has been to_____________?
A. repress it by promoting only the interests of elite groups
B. revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech
C. reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups
D. replace it with a superior form of communication
A moral panic occurs when_______________?
A moral panic occurs when_______________?
A. the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions
B. children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior
C. audiences challenge the ethnic stereotypes represented by the media
D. elitists express concern with the Americanization of culture