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

Dependency theory or dependencia theory is a body of social science theories predicated on the notion that resources flow from a "periphery" of poor and underdeveloped states to a "core" of wealthy ...

definition of the situation

Culture; Social media

The definition of the situation is a fundamental concept in symbolic interactionism advanced by the American sociologist W. I. Thomas. It is a kind of collective agreement between people on the ...

social darwinism

Culture; Social media

Social Darwinism refers to the idea that competition spurs growth in groups, societies, and cultures. The survival of the fittest is one idea of social Darwinism.

Mashup with Facebook

Online services; Social media

This new function allows MySpace users to log in to their Facebook account through their MySpace page, to allow the sharing of information between respective profile pages. Both companies have ...

mimetic isomorphism

Sociology; Social media

Mimetic isomorphism in organization theory refers to an organization to adopt another organization's structure by imitating it believing that the structure of the actual organization is beneficial.

isomorphism

Sociology; Social media

In sociology, an isomorphism is a similarity of the processes or structure of one organization to those of another, be it the result of imitation or independent development under similar constraints. ...

instrumental action

Sociology; Social media

An instrumental action is a social action pursued after evaluating its consequences and consideration of the various means to achieve it. They are usually planned and taken after considering costs ...