8.1 Review Questions

QuestionAnswer
Jerome is able to use the Internet to select reliable sources for his research paper, but Charlie just copies large pieces of web pages and pastes them into his paper. Jerome has _____________ while Charlie does not.
e-readiness
a functional perspective
the knowledge gap
a digital divide
The ________ can be directly attributed to the digital divide, because differential ability to access the internet leads directly to a differential ability to use the knowledge found on the Internet.
knowledge gap
digital divide
feminist perspective
e-gap
The fact that your cell phone is using outdated technology within a year or two of purchase is an example of ____________.
planned obsolescence
the conflict perspective
conspicuous consumption
media
The history of technology began _________.
in the early stages of human societies
with the invention of the computer
during the Renaissance
during the nineteenth century

The content of this course has been taken from the free Sociology textbook by Openstax

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