Exam 18: Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

Which of the following describes a shared, yet prosocial form of affective energy?

George Ritzer developed a grand narrative for sociology utilizing prosumtion ideas.

Which of the following address questions of influence of technology and science on identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

According to George Ritzer, which of the following best describes prosumer capitalism?

Which actor-network theory concept extends relationships that were once thought specific to language to material objects more generally?

Affect theory is the most recent extension of poststructural and postmodern theory.

Historically, social theory was more focused on commodity consumption than production.

Actor-Network theories the most significant idea is that society is not made up of human actors alone.

Actor-Network rejects both micro-macro and agency-structure theory.

Explain how being a college student involve both acts of production and consumption?

According to Michel Foucault, prior to the twentieth century homosexual acts were not considered indicative of a person's total self or identity.

Queer theorists demonstrate that homosexual identity has been constructed as superior to heterosexuality.

Which of the following imposes a postmodern self-concept onto homosexuals?

According to queer theorists, _____ occurs because the closet of queer desire creates fearful and violent reactions in heterosexual society.

Which actor-network theory concept calls for an extension of sociology beyond human actors to a wide range of other phenomena?

Which of the following describes how individuals infuse their own affect onto other individuals?

According to queer theorists, _____ refers to how the dependency between heterosexuality and homosexuality is hidden from view.

According to queer theorists, _____ creates a social system in which the only viable, intelligible, and respectable form of sexuality is heterosexuality.

Explain how queer theorists would react to the data services such as OK Cupid and Tinder offering a wide variety of ways to self-categorize gender and sexual identity?

Where previous social theories treated science as one of many social institutions, contemporary theories of science and technology treat science as a force central to the constitution of contemporary societies.