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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Achieved status

Culture; Social media

An achieved status is a position in a social system that is occupied after birth. Examples include marital status, educational attainment, occupation, an, in some cases, religious affiliation.

Adaptation refers to changes that occur in order to maintain various aspects of a social system's culture or structure or, in extreme cases, to aid survival in any form at all. Every social system ...

Age category

Culture; Social media

An age category is a culturally defined span of years, such as childhood or middle age, that is regarded as a social position affecting how people are perceived and treated and what is expected of ...

Ascription

Culture; Social media

In general usage, to ascribe is to give, impute or attribute certain features to some object, person, event or act without justification. In the absence of good evidence, to assert "all politicians ...

Ageism

Culture; Social media

Ageism, also called age discrimination is stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age.

Aggregate

Culture; Social media

An aggregate is a sum of individual characteristics, experiences, or behaviours that is used to reflect a collective phenomenon for an entire population.

Behaviour

Culture; Social media

Although commonly used as a synonym for action or conduct, behaviour is usefully contrasted with action so that it refers to the automatic reflex (such as jumping when stung) while action denotes ...