Sociology Mcqs – MCQs

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1.What was a major outcome of the nineteenth-century print revolution?

2.What did the Frankfurt School scholars mean by the term 'culture industry'?

3.What term do critics use to describe the dominance of Western cultural products worldwide, which they argue has led to the creation of a cultural empire?

4.According to the critical theory of ideology, which of the following traits does ideology NOT possess?

5.What organizational form does Manuel Castells identify as characteristic of the current era?

6.According to Putnam, the rise of television is associated with a reduction in which of the following?

7.What is the name of the process that allows newspapers to be available online, radio broadcasts to be heard on digital TVs, and mobile phones to connect to the internet?

8.Which individual is well-known for the phrase "the medium is the message"?

9.What concern is associated with the worldwide dominance of American film exports?

10.What term does Rheingold (2000) use to describe social groups that form online when many individuals engage in extended, emotionally meaningful public conversations, creating networks of personal connections?

11.Which sociological viewpoint focuses on examining how individuals interact and form connections within multi-user domains (MUDs) and online chat environments?

12.What concept did Charles Perrow coin to describe failures that are unavoidable due to the inherent structure of human and technological systems?

13.Who is credited with developing the theory of culture lag in sociology?

14.The specialized vocabulary like 'flaming' and 'chat rooms' used by early Internet communities is an example of which linguistic phenomenon?

15.Who among the following scholars claimed that conflict is a natural and beneficial driver of social transformation?

16.Which concept did Parsons use to describe the acceptance of preventive medicine?

17.What concept did Talcott Parsons use to describe society's tendency to achieve stability or balance?

18.Which individual's groundbreaking contributions to biological evolution influenced nineteenth-century theories about social change?

19.How has the Internet influenced the public sphere?

20.What triggers a moral panic in society?

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