Question

sociology quiz Eleanor is researching the effect social media has on worldwide political awareness and revolution. Felix is examining the effect World of Warcraft has on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro area. Eleanor's analysis is _____, while Felix's analysis is _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Macro-level; micro-level

Explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

a. Micro-level; macro-level

b. Macro-level; micro-level

c. They are both macro-level.

d. They are both micro-level.

In social sciences such as sociology and research there are different levels of analysis:

• Micro-level: It refers to small social scale situations that affect smaller groups or specific individuals.  
• Macro-level: It refers to large social scale situations that affect large groups or societies.

In this example, Eleanor is researching the effect of social media on worldwide political awareness, we can see that this a large social-scale situation and thus it would be a macro-level analysis.

On the other hand, Felix is examining the effect of WoW on the romantic relationships of middle-aged men in his metro area, his research is a smaller social-scale and is exploring a specific set of individuals, therefore it would be a micro-level analysis.

Answer 2

Answer:

Macro-level; micro-level

Explanation:

Eleanor and Felix are engaged in different levels of analysis, considering the scale or extent to which their studies cover in the analysis of a social situation.

Eleanor is studying the effect of social media on worldwide political awareness and revolution, her study is dealing with a large-scale social process in the world at large. Eleanor's analysis is  macro-level.

On the other hand, Felix is dealing with a small-scale situation as the effect of World of Warcraft on romantic relationship is investigated only within a small group of people, which is a group of middle-aged men in his metro area. Felix analysis is a micro-level analysis.