Culture is both ideal and real, adaptive and symbolic. These fundamentals are shared by the automobile. Operating an automobile is an overlooked aspect of our culture, many people neglect to realize that driving a car is very much a part of our culture. The researcher would need to understand that the ideal rate of speed is often taken for granted. The ideal rate of speed may be 55mph, when really the individuals are traveling at 60…showed first 75 words of 371 total…

…showed last 75 words of 371 total…home in the form of home offices, fax machines, beepers, and computers. I would illustrate to the researcher that I do not work at home, however I check my mail on the computer daily. The computer is also a key element in understanding our culture, because it is a secondary or to some a primary source of communication. It allows for communication to friends and family that live too far away to speak to physically.