scholarly journals Inequality is a problem of inference: How people solve the social puzzle of unequal outcomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Jan Benjamin Mijs
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Civic Values ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Measurement Of Inequality

A new wave of scholarship recognizes the importance of people’s understanding of inequality that underlies their political convictions, civic values, and policy views. Much less is known however about the sources of people’s different beliefs. I argue that scholarship is hampered by a lack of consensus regarding the conceptualization and measurement of inequality beliefs, in the absence of an organizing theory. To fill this gap, in this paper I develop a framework for studying the social basis of people's explanations for inequality. I propose that people observe unequal outcomes and must infer the invisible forces that brought these about, be they meritocratic or structural in nature. In making inferences about the causes of inequality, people draw on lessons from past experience and information about the world, both of which are biased and limited by their background, social networks, and the environments they have been exposed to. Looking at inequality beliefs through this lens allows for an investigation into the kinds of experiences and environments that are particularly salient in shaping people’s inferential accounts of inequality. Specifically, I make a case for investigating how socializing institutions such as schools and neighborhoods are inferential spaces that shape how children and young adults come to learn about their unequal society and their own place in it. I conclude by proposing testable hypotheses and implications for research.

scholarly journals Inequality Is a Problem of Inference: How People Solve the Social Puzzle of Unequal Outcomes

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Mijs
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Civic Values ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Measurement Of Inequality

A new wave of scholarship recognizes the importance of people’s understanding of inequality that underlies their political convictions, civic values, and policy views. Much less is known, however, about the sources of people’s different beliefs. I argue that scholarship is hampered by a lack of consensus regarding the conceptualization and measurement of inequality beliefs, in the absence of an organizing theory. To fill this gap, in this paper, I develop a framework for studying the social basis of people’s explanations for inequality. I propose that people observe unequal outcomes and must infer the invisible forces that brought these about, be they meritocratic or structural in nature. In making inferences about the causes of inequality, people draw on lessons from past experience and information about the world, both of which are biased and limited by their background, social networks, and the environments they have been exposed to. Looking at inequality beliefs through this lens allows for an investigation into the kinds of experiences and environments that are particularly salient in shaping people’s inferential accounts of inequality. Specifically, I make a case for investigating how socializing institutions such as schools and neighborhoods are “inferential spaces” that shape how children and young adults come to learn about their unequal society and their own place in it. I conclude by proposing testable hypotheses and implication for research.

Emotive Trending And Tracking of Tweets

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sanjay Chhataru Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Complex Events

Popularity of the social media and the amount of importance given by an individual to social media has significantly increased in last few years. As more and more people become part of the social networks like Twitter, Facebook, information which flows through the social network, can potentially give us good understanding about what is happening around in our locality, state, nation or even in the world. The conceptual motive behind the project is to develop a system which analyses about a topic searched on Twitter. It is designed to assist Information Analysts in understanding and exploring complex events as they unfold in the world. The system tracks changes in emotions over events, signalling possible flashpoints or abatement. For each trending topic, the system also shows a sentiment graph showing how positive and negative sentiments are trending as the topic is getting trended.

Fröschen und Gurken

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Julia Boog-Kaminski
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Sexual Liberation ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Children And Young Adults

Artikelbeginn:[English title and abstract below] Kaum eine Zeit steht so sehr für die sexuelle Befreiung und Sprengung familialer Strukturen wie die 1968er (vgl. Herzog 2005). Kaum ein Märchen steht in der psychoanalytischen Deutung so sehr für den sexuellen Reifungsprozess und das Unabhängigwerden eines Kindes wie Der Froschkönig. Der vorliegende Artikel greift diese Verbindung auf, da gerade während der 68er-Bewegung verschiedene Wasser- und Amphibienfiguren in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (KJL) vorkommen, die stark an die Motive des Märchens erinnern. Frogs and CucumbersTransformed Men in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Since 1968 In psychoanalysis, the fairy tale The Frog Prince has attracted much interest as a narrative of sexual liberation. Placing this motif at the heart of Nöstlinger’s and Pressler’s ›antiauthoritarian classics,‹ this article puts forward a new reading of literature for children and young adults. Through the ambiguity of the frog figure – oscillating between nature and culture, consciousness and unconsciousness – these books chronicle, in their own manner, the social transformation associated with 1968. They portray the emancipation movement as a hurtful and paradoxical process instead of one that reproduces the myth of linear progress.

scholarly journals A SINGLE CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT IN TIMIRA W.S.R. TO MYOPIA – A CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1549-1554
Author(s):  
Kavita Rathore ◽  
Shamsa Fiaz
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
The World ◽  
Chief Complaints ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Defective Vision

Introduction - Myopia is the most common Refractive error of the eye seen in children and young adults and it has become more prevalent in recent years and is a cause of concern the world over. Myopia commonly referred to as near or shortsightedness. Some of the clinical features of Vataja Timira can be correlated with Myopia. Timira is counted under the Drishtigata Rogas [1] described by Sushruta. Timira involving first and second patala in terms of symptoms, anatomical structures involved and the pathogenesis of the disease. Timira begins with the blurring of vision gradually leading to the deterioration of eyesight. Shastrokta lakshanas of Vatika Timira such as bhramantiva sa pashyati, aavil darshan, vyaavidha darshan, aruna darshan [2]. Materials and Methods - A 20-year-old male, came to Shalakya Tantra OPD in National Institute of Ayurveda, deemed to be University Jaipur (R.J.), with chief complaints of defective vision for distance in both eyes, pain in both eyes and watering from both eyes since 4 months. He was treated with Nasya, Netra Pariseka, one sitting of Tarpana, Triphala guggulu, Patoladi eyedrops and Netramritam eyedrops. Result - At the end of the study, improvement in the visual acuity in both eyes, improvement in pain in both eyes and watering from both eyes have reduced. Conclusion -Thus, it can be concluded that Ayurvedic treatments are helpful to control Myopia. Keywords: Myopia, Nasya, Tarpana, Netra pariseka, Timira, Triphala Guggulu.

scholarly journals Typification of representative philosophical and religious perceptions of Ukrainian internet audience

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
T. Ye. Khraban ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Religious Thinking ◽  
Choice Of Life

The article aims to identify the particularities of philosophical and religious thinking inherent in the social network audience of Ukraine. Discourse analysis was chosen as the primary method to analyse a set of posts in the form of quotes with accompanying visual components and comments to them that were posted on “Facebook” in 2020 on the pages of public groups “Ukraine is Free World”, “For Ukraine”, “Dialogue.UA” and private groups “Ukrainians Global Network”, “Ukraine is You”, “Ukraine Onlineツ. The author analysed a total of 630 posts with God’s obligatory explicit or implicit component (The Higher Power), which bring out the existential issues of life, raison d’être, human values. The meaning of life is increasingly prominent in the philosophical and religious discourse of the Ukrainian sector of social networks. The idea of the meaning of life is presented on two levels: ideological and social. At the worldview level, ideas about the meaning of life are concentrated in the systemic principle: “Freedom is worth dying for”. At the social level, ideas about the meaning of life are concretised in the following concepts: socio-demographic, aesthetic, religious, hedonistic, hygge, success. The next most common issue is a subject of love understood by the Ukrainian audience of social networks as a system of traits: an active position with the other, value-based principles of a code of conduct, the meaning-making basis for self-realisation, recognising and acceptation the humanity of others, orientation on vital activity, goodwill, and unity, overcoming loneliness, a mode of self-determination. The subjects of time, different issues related to dying and death are ranked last. The tendency of philosophical and religious thinking has shaped the Ukrainian sector of social networks. It has the following special features: 1) view of the world and personal choice of life strategies is based on first-hand knowledge; 2) absence of abstract, unrealistic considerations; 3) strong link with a particular socio-cultural context; 4) focus on solving problems related to anthropological dimensions of philosophising: man as a unique being, the place of man in the world and his role in the processes of being, freedom and responsibility, time as a characteristic of human.

scholarly journals Las estrategias de la inclusión

2014 ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Juan Soto Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Symbol Systems ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Categoría: Comunicado Fecha de recepción: 28 de mayo de 2012 Fecha de aprobación: 28 de junio de 2012 Resumen El tema de la exclusión ha sido demasiado discutido en disciplinas como la sociología y la antropología social. Incluso en la psicología social la temática ha nutrido bastantes investigaciones. Como tópico ha dado lugar a innumerables reflexiones de grandes pensadores e intelectuales. Frente a las diversas facetas que ha adquirido la exclusión en el mundo contemporáneo, paulatinamente se han gestado diversos modos de inclusión más allá de la oposición material y simbólica que son dignos de ser analizados y discutidos. En este texto se discuten sólo tres: el mundo de las imitaciones, la conexión multifrénica y el entretenimiento de bajo nivel. Con el afán de apropiarse de una subjetividad que les ha sido negada, los ‘desafiliados’ de diversos sistemas simbólicos han optado por generar estrategias de inclusión en el ámbito de la vida cotidiana y son dignas no sólo de ser analizadas sino de ser discutidas. A lo largo de todo el texto se llama la atención sobre los heurísticos que apuntalan las formas contemporáneas del consumo. Palabras clave: Exclusión, Estrategias, Consumo, Entretenimiento, subjetividad, redes sociales Abstract The issue of exclusion has been overly discussed in disciplines such as sociology and social anthropology. Even in the social psychology, it has drawn considerable research interest. As a topic has led to countless thoughts of great thinkers and intellectuals. Given the different facets that exclusion has acquired the exclusion in the contemporary world, various modes have been increasingly developed beyond the material and symbolic opposition, which are worthy of being analyzed and discussed. In this paper, we discuss only three: the world of imitations, the ‘multifrenica’ connection and low level entertainment. In an attempt to seize a subjectivity that has been denied, the ‘unaffiliated’ from various symbol systems have chosen to generate strategies for inclusion in the scope of everyday life and are worthy not only be analyzed but to be discussed. Throughout all texts, it is emphasized the heuristics that underpin contemporary forms of consumption. Keywords: Exclusion, Strategies, Consumption, Entertainment, subjectivity, Social Networks * Profesor Titular C de Tiempo Completo de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Unidad Iztapalapa, México, D.F. Licenciado en Psicología Social por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Unidad Iztapalapa. Maestro en Psicología Social por la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Doctor en Antropología Social por la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), [email protected]

scholarly journals Changing Perception of Beauty in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Nitika Seth
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
New Wave ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Key Words - Perception, Perfection, Stereotypes, Appearance, Transformation What do we perceive as beautiful and why? Is it a reflection of the social scenarios, economic backgrounds or perhaps our history that influences us? The paper investigates and analyses the reasons for the stereotypical perceptions of beauty and discusses the slow but evident transformation that is taking place in our country. With access to the world via social media there is an interesting emergence that seems to have gained momentum in the last decade. This instantaneous and uninterrupted access to all forms of media has left one either trapped in the hope to achieve superficial perfection or towards a sense of liberation. There is enough evidence that the hurried homogenized half-digested content being offered has led to an overwhelming obsession with one’s appearance. Feeding on the insecurities has benefited many organizations and individuals. The advent of this digital culture has also led to a change in the cosmopolitan ideal and the millennial woman of India does not want to conform to norms. Whether the consumption of both print and digital media as well as the visually illustrious embodiment of the shift in social power to the developing lifestyle results in a new wave for the legacy of perfection remains to be seen. 

scholarly journals Las estrategias de la inclusión

2014 ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Juan Soto Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Symbol Systems ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Categoría: Comunicado Fecha de recepción: 28 de mayo de 2012 Fecha de aprobación: 28 de junio de 2012 Resumen El tema de la exclusión ha sido demasiado discutido en disciplinas como la sociología y la antropología social. Incluso en la psicología social la temática ha nutrido bastantes investigaciones. Como tópico ha dado lugar a innumerables reflexiones de grandes pensadores e intelectuales. Frente a las diversas facetas que ha adquirido la exclusión en el mundo contemporáneo, paulatinamente se han gestado diversos modos de inclusión más allá de la oposición material y simbólica que son dignos de ser analizados y discutidos. En este texto se discuten sólo tres: el mundo de las imitaciones, la conexión multifrénica y el entretenimiento de bajo nivel. Con el afán de apropiarse de una subjetividad que les ha sido negada, los ‘desafiliados’ de diversos sistemas simbólicos han optado por generar estrategias de inclusión en el ámbito de la vida cotidiana y son dignas no sólo de ser analizadas sino de ser discutidas. A lo largo de todo el texto se llama la atención sobre los heurísticos que apuntalan las formas contemporáneas del consumo. Palabras clave: Exclusión, Estrategias, Consumo, Entretenimiento, subjetividad, redes sociales Abstract The issue of exclusion has been overly discussed in disciplines such as sociology and social anthropology. Even in the social psychology, it has drawn considerable research interest. As a topic has led to countless thoughts of great thinkers and intellectuals. Given the different facets that exclusion has acquired the exclusion in the contemporary world, various modes have been increasingly developed beyond the material and symbolic opposition, which are worthy of being analyzed and discussed. In this paper, we discuss only three: the world of imitations, the ‘multifrenica’ connection and low level entertainment. In an attempt to seize a subjectivity that has been denied, the ‘unaffiliated’ from various symbol systems have chosen to generate strategies for inclusion in the scope of everyday life and are worthy not only be analyzed but to be discussed. Throughout all texts, it is emphasized the heuristics that underpin contemporary forms of consumption. Keywords: Exclusion, Strategies, Consumption, Entertainment, subjectivity, Social Networks * Profesor Titular C de Tiempo Completo de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Unidad Iztapalapa, México, D.F. Licenciado en Psicología Social por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Unidad Iztapalapa. Maestro en Psicología Social por la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Doctor en Antropología Social por la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), [email protected]

scholarly journals Toward a New Framework of Recommender Memory Based System for MOOCs

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 2152
Author(s):  
El Alami Taha ◽  
El Kadiri Kamal Eddine ◽  
Chrayah Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
New Wave ◽  
College Degree ◽  
The World ◽  
Very High ◽  
New Framework

MOOCs is the new wave of remote learning that has revolutionized it since its apparition, offering the possibility to teach a very big group of student, at the same time, in the same course, within all disciplines and without even gathering them in the same geographic location, or at the same time; Allowing the sharing of all type of media and document and providing tools to assessing student performance. To benefit from all this advantages, big universities are investing in MOOCs platforms to valorize their approach, which makes MOOC available in a multitude of languages and variety of disciplines. Elite universities have open their doors to student around the world without requesting tuition or claiming a college degree, however even with the major effort reaching to maximize students visits and hooking visitors to the platform, using recommending systems propose content likely to please learners, the dropout rate still very high and the number of users completing a course remains very low compared to those who have quit. In this paper we propose an architecture aiming to maximize users visits by exploiting users big data and combining it with data available from social networks.

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