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What is one of the primary roles of ICT as a medium?

• To promote social change

• To discourage online sharing

• To limit access to information

• To create cultural barriers

Who is William Fielding Ogburn?

• A sociologist

• A historian

• A psychologist

• An economist

In what year did William Fielding Ogburn publish his influential work?

• 1992

• 1975

• 1985

• 2000

What does social change refer to?

• Isolation of communities

• Resistance to new ideas

• Stagnation of cultural beliefs

• Adjustment of human interaction

What is activism aimed at promoting?

• Personal gain

• Technological advancement only

• Cultural stagnation

• Social, political, economic, or environmental change

What is the first stage of technological development according to Ogburn?

• Diffusion

• Invention

• Implementation

• Discovery

What does the diffusion stage of technology involve?

• New forms developed

• Spread of technology

• New ways of understanding

• Cultural resistance

What is the second stage of technological development?

• Discovery

• Diffusion

• Application

• Invention

What can weaken the progress of social change according to Ogburn?

• Increased communication

• Technological advancements

• Globalization

• Social responses

What is a characteristic of social change?

• It is always negative

• It is static and unchanging

• It only affects economic institutions

• It involves cultural and social constructs