This document discusses several sociological questions about how technology affects various aspects of society. It asks how TVs in the kitchen impact family dinners, if food commercials influence shopping habits, and how new internet technologies like YouTube change classroom teaching methods. It also questions whether depictions of gods are mostly male, if visible religious symbols impact hiring decisions, and how cell phones impact student learning and social conversations. Finally, it examines how superstores like Walmart shape shopping and how their prices influence local small businesses.

1. Sociological Questions By: Kara Pollitt

2. How do TVs in the kitchen affect family dinners? Do food commercials really affect what families buy at the grocery?

3. How does new internet technology, such as youtube, affect the way teachers teach in the classroom? Do smart classrooms change professors teaching methods for the better?

4. In societies around the world why are the majority of gods pictured as men? How does the sight of a cross, worn by a potential employee, affect a business owners decision of hiring him/her?

5. How do the use of cell phones by grade school students affect their learning? Do cell phones change conversation at the table when out to eat?

6. How do Super Wal-Mart's influence our shopping habits? When a new Wal-Mart enters community how do their low prices affect local small businesses?