Social media

Social media

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

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alienation

Culture; Social media

In sociology and critical social theory, alienation refers to an individual's estrangement from traditional community and others in general. It is considered by many that the atomism of modern ...

behaviour modification

Culture; Social media

This denotes a variety of techniques for deliberate reshaping of human behaviour based on structural learning. One such is systematic desensitisation: the treatment of phobias by gradually ...

An aligning action is any behavior that indicates to others the acceptance of a particular definition of the situation. When the house lights dim in a theater, for example, members of the audience ...

altruism

Culture; Social media

Altruism is a tendency to see the needs of others as more important than one's own and to therefore be willing to sacrifice for others.

bias

Culture; Social media

The pre-supposition or preference that distorts our observations or conclusions.

generative actor

Culture; Social media

A generative actor is an instigator of social change.

functional prerequisites

Culture; Social media

In sociological research, functional prerequisites are the basic needs (food, shelter, clothing, and money) that an individual requires to live above the poverty line.