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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Deviance

Culture; Social media

Deviance in a sociological context describes actions or behaviours that violate cultural norms including formally-enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., ...

Generative actor

Culture; Social media

A generative actor is an instigator of social change.

Deinidviduation is the situation where anti-normative behaviour is released in groups in which individuals are not seen or paid attention to as individuals. Simply put, deindividuation is immersion ...

Diffusion

Culture; Social media

The term denotes the spread of cultural attributes from one culture to another. Diffusion has long been an alternative to evolutionary theory as an explanation of the origins of cultural variation.

Differentiation

Culture; Social media

Differentiation is the term used to describe a fundamental feature of modernisation: the fragmentation of soical spheres, roles and institutions into ever more specialised parts.

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.

Feminization

Culture; Social media

In sociology, feminization is a shift in gender roles and sex roles in a society, group, or organisation towards a focus upon the feminine. This is the opposite of a cultural focus upon masculinity.