Question 1

Social studies of technological systems have demonstrated that technologies are:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

The infrastructuralization of the Internet describes how:

Accepted Answer

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 
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 B

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

The term digital divide describes:

Accepted Answer

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 
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 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

The term technological determinism refers to:

Accepted Answer

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 
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 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Social studies of technological systems have demonstrated that technologies are:

The infrastructuralization of the Internet describes how:

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

The term digital divide describes:

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

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

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

The term technological determinism refers to:

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

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

What Is Sociological About the Environment

What Is Sociological About Crime

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Sociology of an Interconnected World

Classical Sociologies

Contemporary Social Thory

Beyond the Qualitativequantitative Divide

Methods Visual, Internet

Class

Gender

Race

Age

Families and Households

Intimacies and Relationships

Work

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Exam 1: What Is Sociological About the Digital Society

Social studies of technological systems have demonstrated that technologies are:

The infrastructuralization of the Internet describes how:

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

The term digital divide describes:

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

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

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

The term technological determinism refers to:

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

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

What Is Sociological About the Environment

What Is Sociological About Crime

What Is Society

Sociology of an Interconnected World

Classical Sociologies

Contemporary Social Thory

Beyond the Qualitativequantitative Divide

Methods Visual, Internet

Class

Gender

Race

Age

Families and Households

Intimacies and Relationships

Work

Health

Education

Religion

Cultures and Consumption

War and Violence

Science and Technology

Migrations

Social Movements

Sociology As a Science

Public Sociology

Filters