HSC Society and CulturePractice Examination 7

This paper covers

• Core theme: algorithmic filtering (recommendation engines, ranked feeds) and echo chambers as mechanisms of informal social control — shaping norms, beliefs and behaviour without formal authority
• Section I tests continuity and change in social control across pre-digital and digital society, using sociological concepts (socialisation, values, power, agency, identity)
• Section II depth studies: Personal and Social Identity (self-concept formation in filtered digital environments) and Social Difference and Social Inequality (differential exposure to algorithmic control by class, age, gender, ethnicity)

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.