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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nomos

Sociology; Social media

In sociology, a nomos is a socially constructed ordering of experience. The term has become more generally used in sociology to denote the relationship between formal ideology and functional ...

norm

Sociology; Social media

Social norms are the behaviors and cues within a society or group.

mass action

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.

Mass society is a description associated with society in the modern, industrial era. This term can be applied to any society that is said to possess a mass culture and large-scale, impersonal, social ...

polarization

Sociology; Social media

Polarization is the process whereby a social or political group is divided into two opposing sub-groups with fewer and fewer members of the group remaining neutral or holding an intermediate ...

intercultural competence

Sociology; Social media

Intercultural competence is the ability of successful communication with people of other cultures.

paralanguage

Sociology; Social media

Paralanguage refers to the non-verbal elements of communication used to modify meaning and convey emotion. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously, and it includes the pitch, ...