Social media

Social media

Social media is the medium through which internet users can contact and share information over the internet.

Contributors in Social media

Social media

Anomie is a social condition in which there is a lack of cohesion and order, especially in relation to norms and values. If norms are defined ambiguously or are enforced in a haphazard or arbitrary ...

ascetism

Culture; Social media

Based on the belief that the spiritual and physical aspects of human life are separate and distinct, ascetism is a doctrine that promotes the development of the spirit through the denial of the body, ...

clan

Culture; Social media

A clan is a unilineal kin group (i.e. descent is traced back to one parent, not both) claiming descent from a common ancestor, and is often presented by a token.

ascribed status

Culture; Social media

An ascribed status is a social position that is assigned at (if not before) birth and is usually permanent. Ascribed statuses include characteristics such as race, gender, country of origin, and ...

atomism

Culture; Social media

Atomism is a theory that argues that a social system is no more than a collection of individuals. If we can understand individuals, then we know all that we need to know about the social systems in ...

class

Culture; Social media

The hierarchical arrangement of individuals in society, usually defined by material wealth and occupation.

holism

Culture; Social media

Holism is a theory that identifies the whole of social systems as more than the individuals that participate in them. A war, for example, cannot be understood as a simple sum of individuals' ...