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SOCI 1310 MIDTERM 2 KEY
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
1. What does well-connected mean? - correct answer-Can
have huge networks of groups of weak ties (i.e. Facebook
friends, LinkedIn)
2. Who are opinion leaders? - correct answer-They have deep
familiarity and involvement with specific kinds of cultural
products, categories, or genres to make informed
recommendations to their peers
3. What are early adopters? - correct answer-People who are
always the first to buy something in their networks
4. What are market mavens? - correct answer-People who
acquire a wealth of knowledge about products (i.e.
influencers on YouTube/TikTok)
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5. What specific processes of human interaction are associated
with cultural diffusion? - correct answer-Opinion leaders,
early adopters, and market mavens
6. Definition of buzz: - correct answer-considerable amount of
word-of-mouth
7. What is word-of-mouth? - correct answer-People tell other
people about great things/artifacts
8. Subcultures are defined by - correct answer-resistance to
domination
9. What are scenes? - correct answer-The actual places where
subcultural participants experience their shared identity
through social interaction
10. What types of scenes are there? - correct answer-Local,
translocal, and virtual
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11. What are local scenes? - correct answer-Specific places
gain their own culture
12. What are translocal scenes? - correct answer-Globally
circulates fashions and lifestyles in patterns of cross-national
diffusion
13. What are virtual scenes? - correct answer-People in
translocal scenes who discuss popular culture online
14. When and where were auditions of The Voice held at? -
correct answer-Globe Life Park in June
15. What's the 1st place grand prize of The Voice? - correct
answer-$100,000 and a record contract
16. True or false: contestants make money while being on The
Voice - correct answer-False; contestants labor up to 8
months and make no money
SOCI 1310 MIDTERM 2 KEY
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
1. What does well-connected mean? - correct answer-Can
have huge networks of groups of weak ties (i.e. Facebook
friends, LinkedIn)
2. Who are opinion leaders? - correct answer-They have deep
familiarity and involvement with specific kinds of cultural
products, categories, or genres to make informed
recommendations to their peers
3. What are early adopters? - correct answer-People who are
always the first to buy something in their networks
4. What are market mavens? - correct answer-People who
acquire a wealth of knowledge about products (i.e.
influencers on YouTube/TikTok)
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5. What specific processes of human interaction are associated
with cultural diffusion? - correct answer-Opinion leaders,
early adopters, and market mavens
6. Definition of buzz: - correct answer-considerable amount of
word-of-mouth
7. What is word-of-mouth? - correct answer-People tell other
people about great things/artifacts
8. Subcultures are defined by - correct answer-resistance to
domination
9. What are scenes? - correct answer-The actual places where
subcultural participants experience their shared identity
through social interaction
10. What types of scenes are there? - correct answer-Local,
translocal, and virtual
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11. What are local scenes? - correct answer-Specific places
gain their own culture
12. What are translocal scenes? - correct answer-Globally
circulates fashions and lifestyles in patterns of cross-national
diffusion
13. What are virtual scenes? - correct answer-People in
translocal scenes who discuss popular culture online
14. When and where were auditions of The Voice held at? -
correct answer-Globe Life Park in June
15. What's the 1st place grand prize of The Voice? - correct
answer-$100,000 and a record contract
16. True or false: contestants make money while being on The
Voice - correct answer-False; contestants labor up to 8
months and make no money
