Beatrice Is a Visual Sociologist Who Wants to Design a Study

question 5

Multiple Choice

Beatrice is a visual sociologist who wants to design a study of technologies that are so ubiquitous they are often overlooked because of their banality. In doing so, Beatrice wants to gain a deeper understanding of the consequences and complex meanings that technologies have in our everyday lives. Beatrice wants to study ________ technology.

• A) profane
• B) mundane
• C) digital
• D) analog

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Definitions:

In-kind Transfers

Non-cash payments or goods and services provided to individuals as part of government assistance programs, instead of cash.

Cash Payments

are transactions where the exchange of goods or services occurs via the physical exchange of currency, as opposed to credit or digital payment.

Minimum-wage Law

Rules determining the minimum legal hourly pay rate for employees by their employers.

Unskilled Labor

Workforce members who possess no specific training or skills and usually perform simple tasks.