Question

When Napster first enabled users to exchange music files on the Internet, recording companies cried "foul" even though there were no laws to limit such exchanges. This gap between social norms and technology provides an illustration of what sociologist William Ogburn called __________.

Answer 1

Cultural lag

Explanation:

Cultural lag is a phenomenon in which changes occur gradually in material culture than faster changes occur in non-materialistic culture. This is just like technology changes but on the other hand, the same tool develops fast than the changes occur by society. This concept was developed by Ogburn in 1922. He observed that materialistic things are changes fast than non-materialistic materials. Materialistic things are physical such as buildings, tools and non-materialistic things that are not tangible and that includes values, morals, beliefs, etc.