This assignment requires that you utilize the sociological imagination and the tools of sociology to explain the impact of electronic communication on social interaction. Some claim that technology such as facebook and texting have completely transformed interaction while others disagree. Respond to the following: 1) Identify the scale(s) of the social world (social structure) that are involved in social interaction; 2) Provide a sociological theory of why electronic communication impacts social interaction differently than non-electronic interaction – or why it does not; 3) Describe which of the sociological theoretical perspectives (e.g., symbolic interactionism, functionalism, conflict) that your theory falls best within; 4) Describe a sociological research method that could be best utilized to test your theory and explain why you choose that method; and, 5) Explain how you would utilize the research method to test your theory.