In Analysing the Cell Phone, ÉMile Durkheim Would Most Likely

question 23

Multiple Choice

In analysing the cell phone, Émile Durkheim would most likely focus on

• A)the potential of the cell phone to strengthen and cultivate ties by allowing people to connect 24/7.
• B)the means of production as it relates to wireless phones.
• C)the ways in which people embrace or reject cell phones as a way of achieving goals.
• D)the 'scramble' for the resources needed to produce cell phones and the ways in which non-European labour is exploited in the process.

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