Many people, especially in the least industrialized nations, have no access to computers, phones, and the Internet, and in those places where the Internet is available, it is very expensive. This reflects the concept of the:
a. computer revolution
b. global digital divide
c. cyberspace phenomenon
d. technological process
b. global digital divide
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intergenerational assimilation and mobility lies in a fairly new social science concept, the __________, which is a term that refers to immigrants who arrive under the age of ten. Fill in the blank with correct word
Attitudes toward gender roles have changed, so that today
a. only 10 percent of men think that one parent should stay at home while the other is working b. both men and women say it is not fair for men to be the sole decision maker in the household. c. women no longer believe they will be discriminated against men in employment. d. men and women both agree that gender discrimination should be illegal.
The impersonality and focus on technical ability within bureaucracies make them resistant to inequality based on race, gender, and class
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Max Weber argued that sociologists need to:
a. become more personally involved in their research. b. rely on their morals to decide which scientific findings should be accepted as true. c. clearly state their personal values before beginning their research study. d. refrain from including their personal values into the research process. e. take on research for those social causes for which they are certain to help society's powerless persons who have no other spokesperson.