VISUALIZING VERY LARGE-SCALE CONVERSATIONS Warren Sack
... filter for spammers and a means to identify some of the main players in a discussion. “Themes” of Conversation: The menu in the upper-middle of the interface lists the “themes” of the conversation. (I put “themes” in quotes because, according to the terms of linguistics, what is being calculated by ...
... filter for spammers and a means to identify some of the main players in a discussion. “Themes” of Conversation: The menu in the upper-middle of the interface lists the “themes” of the conversation. (I put “themes” in quotes because, according to the terms of linguistics, what is being calculated by ...
ISSN 0340-5443, Volume 64, Number 10
... Social network: a set of interactions or associations between social entities (e.g., individuals, corporations) typically represented as dots (nodes, or vertices) connected by lines (edges, or links). Nodes, vertices: a component of a network representing an individual or social entity. Edges, links ...
... Social network: a set of interactions or associations between social entities (e.g., individuals, corporations) typically represented as dots (nodes, or vertices) connected by lines (edges, or links). Nodes, vertices: a component of a network representing an individual or social entity. Edges, links ...
Lessons 1 3_4 - BM1 - AIS-IB
... • Treating suppliers with respect and building a long term relationship. Leads to better quality supplies and better all round service. The stakeholder approach is, therefore, based on an inclusive view, in which the various groups which the firm affects are included in its decision making rather th ...
... • Treating suppliers with respect and building a long term relationship. Leads to better quality supplies and better all round service. The stakeholder approach is, therefore, based on an inclusive view, in which the various groups which the firm affects are included in its decision making rather th ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... The debate on intentionality brings to light the undertheorizing of the process of agency itself: it is a “black box” (Mische/Emirbayer 1998: 969) that is only very rarely touched upon. It remains a “greatly underspecified, often misused, much fetishized [concept] these days by social scientists” (C ...
... The debate on intentionality brings to light the undertheorizing of the process of agency itself: it is a “black box” (Mische/Emirbayer 1998: 969) that is only very rarely touched upon. It remains a “greatly underspecified, often misused, much fetishized [concept] these days by social scientists” (C ...
Chapter 4: Economic growth and chronic poverty
... Town limited her employment rights and prospects. In the 1980s Vuyiswa needed to straddle urban Cape Town and the rural Eastern Cape, but with no security of employment, her trips back to her rural home led to her dismissal on more than one occasion. Moreover, when working for another household, she ...
... Town limited her employment rights and prospects. In the 1980s Vuyiswa needed to straddle urban Cape Town and the rural Eastern Cape, but with no security of employment, her trips back to her rural home led to her dismissal on more than one occasion. Moreover, when working for another household, she ...
Rerum cognoscere causas: Part II
... notion that causal laws have no place in social sciences at all" (Giddens, 1982, p.15). Structuration theory posits a notion of 'agent causality' in which causal relations are an element of the rationalizations and maxims that agents use. Giddens describes, "an agent's reflexive monitoring of his of ...
... notion that causal laws have no place in social sciences at all" (Giddens, 1982, p.15). Structuration theory posits a notion of 'agent causality' in which causal relations are an element of the rationalizations and maxims that agents use. Giddens describes, "an agent's reflexive monitoring of his of ...
A Critical Analysis of Social Issues Discussed In Important English
... quantitatively. Content analysis of the articles revealed the level of social issues discussed in important newspapers. It has created an impact specifically on the authorities of the newspaper organizations and generally in the public. It was a sort of litmus test. It was found knowledge related to ...
... quantitatively. Content analysis of the articles revealed the level of social issues discussed in important newspapers. It has created an impact specifically on the authorities of the newspaper organizations and generally in the public. It was a sort of litmus test. It was found knowledge related to ...
Manifesto for a Relational Sociology
... of a theory of action that defined different types of action on the basis of their specific difference from rational action. It required a theory of society as a complex of interrelated actions that was more than the unintended interconnecting of self-interested actions. . . . As a safeguard against ...
... of a theory of action that defined different types of action on the basis of their specific difference from rational action. It required a theory of society as a complex of interrelated actions that was more than the unintended interconnecting of self-interested actions. . . . As a safeguard against ...
Investigating social entrepreneurship: A multidimensional
... (Borins, 2000). Prabhu (1998) and Sullivan Mort et al. (2003) identify the three factors of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking (from Covin & Slevin, 1986) as central to social entrepreneurship. Some researchers have advocated social entrepreneurship as a partial solution to the need for r ...
... (Borins, 2000). Prabhu (1998) and Sullivan Mort et al. (2003) identify the three factors of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking (from Covin & Slevin, 1986) as central to social entrepreneurship. Some researchers have advocated social entrepreneurship as a partial solution to the need for r ...
A polylogue? Where and how to move with and in
... relation to each other’s work through the following four basic questions that are of common interest: Q1. Dialogicality requires a certain understanding of dialogue. What do we/you understand by the term dialogue? Peter Raggatt: ‘Dialogicality’ is a fundamental property of human consciousness. Its f ...
... relation to each other’s work through the following four basic questions that are of common interest: Q1. Dialogicality requires a certain understanding of dialogue. What do we/you understand by the term dialogue? Peter Raggatt: ‘Dialogicality’ is a fundamental property of human consciousness. Its f ...
Ontological Foundations of EAP
... underlines the essential roles of human ideas, believes, and efforts in the constitution of the social world and more specifically its social institutions. Accordingly, it is assumed that realities of the social world are subject to construction by different interpretive communities according to the ...
... underlines the essential roles of human ideas, believes, and efforts in the constitution of the social world and more specifically its social institutions. Accordingly, it is assumed that realities of the social world are subject to construction by different interpretive communities according to the ...
Article - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
... loosely defined normative1 concept and, as such, is used with differing meanings in accordance with rather ambiguous definitions. A clear definition of what constitutes its essence seems to be lacking in most documents on the subject, while a review of the most important of these documents reveals, ...
... loosely defined normative1 concept and, as such, is used with differing meanings in accordance with rather ambiguous definitions. A clear definition of what constitutes its essence seems to be lacking in most documents on the subject, while a review of the most important of these documents reveals, ...
The Nature of Social Reality - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... of its main concepts. Searle’s approach continues to shape the debate, but his construction is more and more sharply dissected, both in its details and in its general assumptions. Furthermore, new perspectives, not rooted in analytical tradition, are taking place, so that not only alternative answer ...
... of its main concepts. Searle’s approach continues to shape the debate, but his construction is more and more sharply dissected, both in its details and in its general assumptions. Furthermore, new perspectives, not rooted in analytical tradition, are taking place, so that not only alternative answer ...
BrattonScierra_ProposalDraft2_070116
... and behavioral dimension. First, the cognitive dimension refers to the ability to receive, process, and send information along a continuum of social-to-task dimensions. Secondly, the affective dimension looks at the use of human communication to create, maintain, and terminate relationships. Finally ...
... and behavioral dimension. First, the cognitive dimension refers to the ability to receive, process, and send information along a continuum of social-to-task dimensions. Secondly, the affective dimension looks at the use of human communication to create, maintain, and terminate relationships. Finally ...
Transnational Processes and Social Activism: An Introduction
... Europe, where it takes a more institutionalized form, and outside Europe, where more vigorous forms have developed in recent years, we see it developing out of the more traditional forms that we have outlined above. We can vividly illustrate this development of new forms from old with the example of ...
... Europe, where it takes a more institutionalized form, and outside Europe, where more vigorous forms have developed in recent years, we see it developing out of the more traditional forms that we have outlined above. We can vividly illustrate this development of new forms from old with the example of ...
article - Jan Baars, Ph.D.
... This article focuses on the problem of social constitution which is seen as the principal theoretical challenge that is implicit in the different approaches to "critical gerontology". The acknowledgement of a social constitution of both gerontology and aging contrasts with the conventional understan ...
... This article focuses on the problem of social constitution which is seen as the principal theoretical challenge that is implicit in the different approaches to "critical gerontology". The acknowledgement of a social constitution of both gerontology and aging contrasts with the conventional understan ...
Week 3 activity
... There is a difference of opinion on whether to treat conflictive types of happenings such as wars, riots and civil disturbances, terrorist attacks and hostage takings, and massacres and pogroms as instances of disasters. The dominant view among researchers in the area is that such happenings differ ...
... There is a difference of opinion on whether to treat conflictive types of happenings such as wars, riots and civil disturbances, terrorist attacks and hostage takings, and massacres and pogroms as instances of disasters. The dominant view among researchers in the area is that such happenings differ ...
Social Science and Its Methods - Distant Production House University
... “economics” and “economists” with any of the other social sciences and its practitioners, we would have as good a definition as possible. Unfortunately, it would not be very helpful to those who do not know what social scientists do. One important difference among the individual social scientists di ...
... “economics” and “economists” with any of the other social sciences and its practitioners, we would have as good a definition as possible. Unfortunately, it would not be very helpful to those who do not know what social scientists do. One important difference among the individual social scientists di ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... actions of the self. It allows that self to realize its agency and authorship in a tangible way. But this recognition can only come from an other whom we, in turn, recognize as a person in his or her own right (p. 12). The parallels between mutuality and social capital – indeed their pivoting upon o ...
... actions of the self. It allows that self to realize its agency and authorship in a tangible way. But this recognition can only come from an other whom we, in turn, recognize as a person in his or her own right (p. 12). The parallels between mutuality and social capital – indeed their pivoting upon o ...
Министерство - Высшая школа экономики
... 3. How, if at all, is sociological explanation different from ‘common sense’? 4. Let us assume that you are going to investigate students’ life at HSE. What would be your research questions? Make a list of 5 possible research questions. 5. Explain any of the following statements: i. Sociological res ...
... 3. How, if at all, is sociological explanation different from ‘common sense’? 4. Let us assume that you are going to investigate students’ life at HSE. What would be your research questions? Make a list of 5 possible research questions. 5. Explain any of the following statements: i. Sociological res ...
contemporary dilemma for the Jesuit social activist
... thence to blame, hostility, guilt, and a range of other powerful emotions. One prominent formation superior argues that many Jesuits in direct ...
... thence to blame, hostility, guilt, and a range of other powerful emotions. One prominent formation superior argues that many Jesuits in direct ...
`Business, as usual: the policy priorities of the World Bank`s
... It is important to recognise that there is some recognition of the complex interactive dynamic between the supply of, and demand for, skills (WB, 2012a, p.174-8), although the WB analysis tends to concludes with examples that demonstrate unequivocal supply-side deficiencies rather than poorly artic ...
... It is important to recognise that there is some recognition of the complex interactive dynamic between the supply of, and demand for, skills (WB, 2012a, p.174-8), although the WB analysis tends to concludes with examples that demonstrate unequivocal supply-side deficiencies rather than poorly artic ...
The Unsettling Nature of Prejudice
... al., 1997, p. 512). We form implicit attitudes of other groups or orientation outside of our own Dovidio et al. (1997) noted that in comparison with high prejudiced people, “lower prejudiced people are more motivated to control, suppress, and counteract their initial, automatic, biased reactions” (p ...
... al., 1997, p. 512). We form implicit attitudes of other groups or orientation outside of our own Dovidio et al. (1997) noted that in comparison with high prejudiced people, “lower prejudiced people are more motivated to control, suppress, and counteract their initial, automatic, biased reactions” (p ...
Longitudinal Social Network Studies and Predictive Social Cohesion
... (summarized methodologically in Wasserman and Faust 1994), one that is of significance both for social theory and applied research. It provides a novel means of connecting micro-analysis and theories of the middle range with testable hypotheses at the macro level. Concepts of cohesion, in spite of d ...
... (summarized methodologically in Wasserman and Faust 1994), one that is of significance both for social theory and applied research. It provides a novel means of connecting micro-analysis and theories of the middle range with testable hypotheses at the macro level. Concepts of cohesion, in spite of d ...
Paper - The Cambridge Social Ontology Group
... considerable scrutiny in the discipline of IR in recent decades, from critical postpositivist perspectives. To date most of the attention has focused on knowledge as a social product, and the inherent relationships between ideas, power and interests. This has been a crucially important response to t ...
... considerable scrutiny in the discipline of IR in recent decades, from critical postpositivist perspectives. To date most of the attention has focused on knowledge as a social product, and the inherent relationships between ideas, power and interests. This has been a crucially important response to t ...