Social isolation

directly talking to someone, the adoption of hashtags or square brackets to label discussion topics, the combination use of two different languages (Chinese and English) together in one post or one interaction comment on this Chinese-language based social media platform (Sina Weibo), and so on. The development of common language among Weibo users provided a foundation for Weibo becoming an “imagined” community. Another two important conditions of being an “imagined” community, temporality and…

Superfluous man is a concept, a group of people that appeared frequently mid-nineteenth century Russian literature, further they symbolizes Russian culture at that time. This group of people can from different social classes, but they are all well educated, arrogant and delicate. In the meantime of having their great ambitions, they failed to really fulfill their dream and contribute to the society. And in the meantime of wishing being loved by others, they are marginalized by the society. In…

As a social worker, I have never analyzed or interrogated my approach, even though I have always criticized society and its institutions, as my perceptions and world conceptions emerge from a country historically marked by violence, particularly for a long war, commanded by an armed group. This communist group started its combat due to social inequalities and social structures, inspired by socialism. Since then, Colombia has experienced a prolonged conflict, and social workers have been dealing…

2015, pg. 684). Participants were evenly divided by gender and were from low to low-middle-income schools. Half of the participants formed a boys’ group and a girls’ group with conformity group norms, where the groups sticks to the stereotypes about social activities whereas the other half of the participants formed a boys’ group and a girls’ group with resistance group norms (Mulvey & Killen, 2015, pg. 685). For the procedure, participants were given a warm up task where a survey was read aloud…

Shakespeare: The Later Plays Final Paper Social Class in Cymbeline and The Tempest Shakespeare’s romance, Cymbeline, is similar to his comedy, The Tempest, in its exploration of social class. Social class is a mark of identity that impacts the way characters are perceived and treated by others and the way they perceive themselves. In Cymbeline, with the love triangle between Imogen, Cloten and Posthumus, Shakespeare explores social class in relation to the restrictions it puts on…

strong and successful. By looking at the world from the perspective of their heroes, they are gaining the attention and the respect they are missing in real-life social relationships” (Claudia, Lampert & Paus-Hasebrink, Ingrid. 13). As children learn to respect others and create their positive mentality they gradually improve their social and interactive skills. Hence, anime helps children to be interactive and…

In the today that we live in, we tend to beg for validation from anyone and everyone who may offer- family, friend, lovers- and in recent decades, we’ve extended our efforts to acquaintances, friends of friends, and not uncommonly- total strangers. Social media (SM) was created in mind of being…

constructs, creates monstrous elements that impacts the users’ experience and personal life. The contradictory combination of 1) connectedness and the fear of missing out, 2) self-affirmation and feedback-seeking, and 3) passive following/expression and social comparison, create contradictory positive and negative stimulation in the Instagram user. As Biles describes it, “mingling characteristics that human minds want to keep distinct; as ‘boundary objects’ straddling and blurring the borders…

time online usually have a long term of depression because they only have less real conversations with other people. Moreover, Stoll thinks that only face to face interaction can create strong social ties and can help people get out of depression and stress. Internet connection usually creates weak social ties that can only transfer information and exchange idea. People who contribute too much time on the Internet may cause a weak connection with families and friends. Second, the Internet has…

advance made in civil rights, but it was the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an example of non-violent direct action and self-determination, that created a defining moment for social equality; it indicated that African Americans were not kidding, and were willing to put everything on the line to vindicate their argument of gaining social equality. A non-violent direct action is based on the rule that violence is never the answer to accomplish objectives. It is any type of direct activity that does not…