Lesson 03A.2.1

03A.2.1 Impact of digital communication on identity, social inequalities and relationships Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 7

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociological term describes the merging of distinct media platforms into one digital device?

    • Media convergence
    • Digital divergence
    • Media fragmentation
    • Cultural imperialism

  2. Who argued that digital communication creates a 'global village' by shrinking time and space?

    • Marshall McLuhan
    • David Harvey
    • Manuel Castells
    • Zygmunt Bauman

  3. What sociological concept refers to the unequal access to digital technology and the internet?

    • Technological lag
    • Class stratification
    • Cyber segregation
    • Digital divide

  4. According to postmodernists, how do individuals primarily use social media regarding their identity?

    • Constructing identities
    • Enforcing conformity
    • Reinforcing class
    • Stifling creativity

  5. Which term describes a network society organised around digital information technology, according to Manuel Castells?

    • Information age
    • Virtual community
    • Network society
    • Post-industrial state

  6. What negative impact of digital communication do Marxist sociologists often emphasise?

    • Cultural homogenisation
    • Identity confusion
    • Digital surveillance
    • Social isolation

  7. How do feminist sociologists often view the impact of the internet on patriarchal power structures?

    • Reinforcing patriarchy
    • Ignoring patriarchy
    • Challenging patriarchy
    • Solidifying patriarchy

  8. Which term describes the process where local cultures are supposedly overrun by Western digital media?

    • Cultural pluralism
    • Cultural hybridity
    • Cultural homogenisation
    • Cultural fragmentation

  9. A teenager uses multiple social media profiles to present different personas to peers. What is this?

    • Anomie
    • Identity plasticity
    • False consciousness
    • Class reproduction

  10. An elderly rural resident struggles to access online banking due to poor broadband. What is this?

    • Digital convergence
    • Digital native
    • Digital exclusion
    • Digital capital

  11. Activists coordinate a global protest using encrypted messaging apps. What term best describes this?

    • Anomic riots
    • Traditional trade unions
    • Bureaucratic pressure groups
    • Networked social movements

  12. Which generation grew up immersed in digital technology and is often termed 'digital natives'?

    • Baby Boomers
    • Lost Generation
    • The Silent Generation
    • Gen Z

  13. What term describes the blending of global media influences with local traditions online?

    • Americanisation
    • Glocalisation
    • Westernisation
    • Secularisation

  14. What sociological concern arises when social media algorithms create isolated echo chambers?

    • Class solidarity
    • Political polarisation
    • Cultural pluralism
    • Universal consensus

  15. Which term describes online spaces where users with niche interests form supportive social bonds?

    • Mechanical solidarity
    • Organic societies
    • Traditional communes
    • Virtual communities

  16. A low-income family cannot afford laptops for home-schooling. Which inequality does this highlight?

    • Relative meritocracy
    • Status panic
    • Cultural capital
    • Material deprivation

  17. What concept did Pierre Bourdieu adapt to explain the advantages gained from digital skills and knowledge?

    • Surplus value
    • Digital capital
    • Coercive power
    • Economic surplus

  18. Which sociological perspective argues that digital communication primarily benefits the ruling capitalist class?

    • Marxism
    • Functionalism
    • Action theory
    • Liberal feminism

  19. Which sociological term describes the commercialisation and commodification of personal data on social media?

    • Digital surveillance
    • Digital divide
    • Digital native
    • Digital dualism

  20. An influencer curates an online lifestyle that masks socioeconomic deprivation. Which sociological concept does this illustrate?

    • Social capital
    • Global village
    • Collective effervescence
    • Hyperreality

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