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Finally, social media were used for the government’s propaganda through humor. The citizens demanding their rights framed the concept of Gezi through various ways such as posters, banners, graffitis, and caricatures. Nevertheless, political humor was the powerful weapon and the useful tool to form a political presence in the country during the Gezi. Nancy K. Baym argues that humor can be very significant to create social meaning in the online environment. In her work “The Performance of Humor in…

Social Class Enslavement Social class status possesses a profound domination over the quality of education one can receive and the capability of certain individuals receiving an education at all. The “hood”, also referred to as the “projects” are known as the other side of the tracks where the minority groups are inhabited. Many of these people live in a daily struggle for survival. There are a lot of areas in the projects where there are the highest crime rates, people sell drugs to make…

The social class defines our expectation of education and its power of those who want or can peruse higher and better education. Depending on what social class you are in has a great influence on what kind of education you will receive. Those who are in a lower class system are not able to afford the higher quality of education like the high-class community. Most lower class communities are not able to continue with education because they don’t have the right tools to continue on in their…

In many different societies we all contain social norms. Fundamentally, social norms are defined as “the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society” (YourDictionary). In other words, norms are the written or unwritten rules of behavior that we follow in everyday life. Some norms could be an effortless gesture such as “holding a door for an individual”. But other social norms are more strictly held to in certain situations than in others; for instance, slapping a…

“The Social Contract” was Rousseau’s most important contribution to his time, and to philosophy in general. It played a key role in establishing governments after the American Revolution and French Revolution. He brought to light these new ideas, and they would have a lasting effect for the years to come. Going hand in hand with Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”, his “Discourse on Inequality” provides many key points and factors left out. While “The Social Contract” gives a solution to failures…

Does social class have any correlation with education? How do these authors define class? Do these authors fail to fully understand completely what the most essential element of education is? These authors determine that the different classes affect students learning capacity. Those of lower and middle class could and should be receiving a higher quality of education. Knoblauch looks at class as though it is dependent upon literacy; believing that, to some extent, the rich are some of the…

Social work itself comes with its own difficulties. Becoming a social worker, could either break or make a person depending on how much they let the job consume their lives. Dealing with clients personal problems automatically takes a toll on someone mind, body, and spirit because all day they continue to listen to people negative experiences. Eventually, it begin interfering with their personal life because then they find themselves tossing and turning at night worried about if the decision…

One hundred-ten, and one half million people are on welfare - that is over 35% of all Americans, and this number continues to rise. The United States Social Welfare System was originally created during the Great Depression, when unemployment and poverty were high and the American People were desperate for help. This system was set up to temporarily assist those who could not care for themselves. At that time, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president and he had a goal to create jobs, assist and…

communicate to someone across the globe in mere seconds. And some social media websites, like Facebook or Twitter, promote social interaction between users and provide an environment where strangers can more comfortably acquaint and befriend with each other. Social media serves as a social hub for large number of users promoting greater community engagement but less privacy and personal relations. With more and more users joining and using social media websites, personal relationship within…

SOCIAL MEDIA IS ON THE RISE Social media is more popular at present than ever before, and it will continue to grow in popularity very rapidly in the years to come. Currently, there are over 2 billion active social media users worldwide, and by 2020, this number should increase to about 3 billion. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/278414/number-of-worldwide-social-network-users/) 97 percent of adults aged 16-64 that are online say that they have used social media within the last month. By…