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K. Kwon Moon, Shin II, and Michael Stefanone. July 2015 "Unspeaking on Facebook? Testing network effects on self-censorship of political expressions in social network sites." In this Article K. Kwon, Shin-Il Moon, Michael Stefanone Explores social networking by predicting users behavior to censor their political expression known as Willingness to self-censor political expression (WTSC). The spiral of silence theory is applied to this study. The Spiral of silence theory refers to the tendency of…

A SHORT REVİEW ABOUT DELİBERATİVE DEMOCRACY AND MULTİCULTURALİSM By considering the historical development, it can be seen that the concept of democracy which bases on the governance of the public by public itself, has been given different meanings depending on the level of progress of the societies in all fields of the social life. Literally, democracy is a Latin word. It comes from demos which mean people and krotos which mean power or rule. Since Ancient Roma, democracy has introduced…

Introduction As the Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is such an inspiring person. He is very dedicated and passionate in doing his responsibility as the Prime Minister from the year 1981 until 2003. When Mahathir’s residency as Prime Minister, Malaysia encountered a time of fast modernisation and monetary development, and his administration launched an arrangement of strong foundation ventures. Mahathir was a predominant political figure, winning five sequential…

power, the democrats or republicans. However, the United States in not alone in this matter. In most nations, like the United States and the United Kingdom, the liberals are for lowering tuition cost while republicans prefer to raise the cost (Bratberg, pg. 286, 2011). Higher education is strongly controlled by the government and whichever party in power. “Over the next decade, it has been estimated that the federal government will make a profit of over $110 billion on student loan programs…

As two neighboring countries, both of which containing exceedingly complimentary economics and societies, it seems absurd to many that Japan and China continue to struggle with relations. However, few know of the historical backgrounds, political relations and bilateral economics that have led the countries to have such an intricate relationship. Japan and China have many things to gain from a proper alliance, and under the administration of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two could…

spirit, unfair dismissal protection has existed in Australian workplace for almost four decades and is as such, entrenched as a workplace right, rather than privilege. Despite this, the last three decades have seen an increasing drive towards the neo-liberal economic ideals of competition, flexibility and efficiency and as consequence to this, an agenda of decentralisation with shifting focus to the mechanisms used to control the labour market; in particular, employment protection laws such as…

The field of industrial relations is fraught with endless contestations between and among parties. Adewunmi (2008) observed that there is no other area of social interaction where the contradictions in a class society are as manifest as in the field of industrial relations. This is the locale where the two major players in the production process- labour and capital are engaged in an endless struggle to control the work process. Central to this conception is power and continuous struggle for…

board of the Globe and Mail agreed with the decision, reasoning that long term expatriates are not directly governed by Canadian law and therefore should not be entitled to vote. They also drew attention to the fact that other countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K., have similar residency requirements. Several individuals and organizations, however, vehemently opposed the court’s ruling. The BC Civil Liberties Association, which intervened in the case, decried the verdict…

How Soccer Explains the World, written by Franklin Foer, is a 255 page novel that explains how the sport of soccer is integrated into everyday life around the world. Soccer is much more than a game. The author informs the reader of the sport’s involvement in political ideologies, social classes, as well as faith and religion. Foer takes the reader on a tour around the world of soccer, showing that globalization has revived tribalism rather than destroy the local cultures. The author is able to…

Somersby cider is a brand of 4.5% ABV cider by Danish brewing company Carlsberg Group. Developed in 2008, it was originally developed for the Danish market, but today has been launched in more than 46 markets, including all of Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, Nepal and the USA. Of the world's ten biggest cider brands, Somersby was the one that grew most in 2012. In 2012, Carlsberg UK developed and introduced a new version of Somersby Cider specific to…