social theory had been taking a different path. The development of modern society in Europe at the turn of the 20th century was taking place against a background of continuing rivalry between powerful ...
Social Contract Theories in Business
When a business employs a CSR strategy, it does ... tighter control on the inflows and outflows of products and services so can better impact CSR. An important concept of the social theory ...
Identity and Control: How Social Formations Emerge (Second Edition)
In this completely revised edition of one of the foundational texts of network sociology, Harrison White refines and enlarges his groundbreaking theory of how social ... control over the controls ...
Social sciences: Between theory and intuition
A theory that traces declining performance in school ... People want to be persuaded with reason rather than controlled by technologies of social engineering Where does this mechanistic world view ...
Theories of Personality
Social Investment Theory: Biology and Experience Shape Personality While personality traits are clearly related to genetics, one’s inheritance does not account for all personality differences.
Social Choice Theory and Democracy
You will be informed of the outcome by 12 noon, Wednesday 5 October 2016. An interest in analytic reasoning is required, but no prior knowledge of social choice theory or of mathematics is presupposed ...
Behavioral Reasoning Theory
In general, these frameworks propose that intentions are the best predictors of human behavior and that people's attitudes, feelings of social pressure (i.e., subjective norm), and perceived control ...
I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread – and what it could mean for fighting disinformation
Around the world, and against all scientific evidence, a segment of the population believes that Earths round shape is either an unproven theory or an elaborate hoax. Polls by YouGov America in 2018 ...
Queuing Theory
Queuing theory is a branch of mathematics that studies how lines form, how they function, and why they malfunction. Queuing theory examines every component of waiting in line, including the ...
What Is White Replacement Theory—and How Is It Fueling Racist Attacks?
Once a fringe theory, White Replacement Theory has gone mainstream over the last several years, via social media ... But what is this theory, exactly, how does it relate to racial inequality ...
How do conspiracy theories spread? I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to find out
In a recent study, my colleague Tomas Nilsson at Linnaeus University and I analysed hundreds of YouTube videos in which people argue that the Earth is flat. We paid attention to their debating ...
Does Government Control Weather? This Conspiracy Theory Will Give You the ‘Chills’
Geoengineering is a technique that has intrigued humans for more than five decades now. It is a method of tampering with the natural course of the weather. Conspiracies have been simmering ...
