Chapter 9 Practice Quiz

Community in the Network Society
. The first to use the terms Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft was ________.

. ________ made the distinction between the community-lost, community-saved and community-liberated perspectives.

. People who identify with the community-lost perspective often ________.

. In communities where social capital is high, people give ________.

. People who identify with the community-liberated perspective often ________.

. In a 2019 study of the nature of the personal networks of residents of East York, Toronto, Canada, the authors found that most of the older adults they interviewed belonged to the following group: ________.

. The concept of "alone together" was introduced by which of the following scholars ________.

. The dystopian perspective of the Internet argues that the Internet ________ their immediate local environment.

. Hampton's 2014 study on the use of mobile devices in public spaces found that usage was ________ expected.

. In order to better understand how the Internet has affected society, we need to take into consideration ________.

. The bourgeois sphere of debate comprises ________.

. ________ argued that using digital technologies can lead to a reduction of information in the public sphere.

. An example of the second place of the public sphere would be ________.

. For Putnam, ________ is a direct contributor to the decline of America's social capital.

. While pastoral community is often idealized as the happiest way of life, what is a key social problem associated with living in pastoral communities?

. A private effect of social capital could be ________.

. When the Egyptian government hit the Internet kill switch, ________.

. In a study of how US university students use Facebook, Ellison et al. (2006) investigated the link between the use of Facebook and two types of social capital: bridging and bonding. The key finding was that:

. A social group that is categorized as Gemeinschaft can sometimes also be categorized as Gesellschaft.

. Gemeinschaft is often used to represent the ideal type of society, one where people are closely connected, share an identity, and engage in reciprocity.

. Anyone under 35 today who lives in an urban centre is a "networked individual".

. Evidence suggests that the Internet neither increases nor decreases social capital.

. The use of Facebook supports both bonding and bridging social capital.

. "Organic solidarity" describes a society based on shared understandings around social roles, revealing a cohesive social structure with a strong collective conscious.

. The concept of the spiral of silence is that participants of the public sphere will be willing to share their opinions if they perceive they are in accordance with those of the majority.

. Data from the US shows that fewer people today are engaging in local organizations, attending church, and participating in politics.

. Zuckerman has stated that "Tunisians took to the streets due to decades of frustration, not in reaction to a WikiLeaks cable."

. The recent uprisings in South Korea, Tunisia and Egypt have been labeled the Twitter Revolution.

. Protests in Egypt started in the streets and quickly moved to Twitter and Facebook.

. For Sunstein (2001), digital technologies can lead to an increase of information in the public sphere.

. According to Habermas in an ideal speech situation there are implied rules that structure debate and allow all individuals the equal and unbiased opportunity to voice their opinion.

. Community is in constant flux. As social, technological, and economic change take place, community and its forms of expression shift.

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