What is technology? What did William Ogburn mean by the term "culture lag"? Provide two historical and two recent examples of culture lag in American society.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Technology: The use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems.
2. Cultural lag: A delay that occurs when one aspect of a culture changes more rapidly than another aspect does and thereby causes some maladjustment between the two aspects.
3. Examples
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