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

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Social attribution

Culture; Social media

Social attribution is a process through which people try to explain how other people behave and appear, especially in terms of their motivation. The belief that poor people ar poor because they are ...

Automation

Culture; Social media

Automation is the practise of using machines to replace workers.

Bias

Culture; Social media

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

Ancestor worship

Culture; Social media

Ancestor worship is a religious practise exemplified by Japanese Shintoism. It is organised around the cultural belief that the spirits of ancestors have the power to influence the lives of their ...

Animism

Culture; Social media

Animism is a form of religion based on the belief that spirits inhabit both living and nonliving objects such as trees, rocks, clouds, wind or animals.

False conciousness

Culture; Social media

False consciousness is the Marxist thesis that material and institutional processes in capitalist society are misleading to the proletariat, and to other classes. False conciousness is essentially a ...

Baby boom

Culture; Social media

A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate.

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