Sentences with phrase «while social stories»

Not exact matches

So, while social media «stories» are certainly creative endeavors, they are made in hindsight and are linear representations crafted to project an idealized version of a person's interests and lifestyle.

Unlike Google News, it doesn't curate stories to appeal to each reader's personal taste, and while Star Touch content can be shared on other social media platforms, readers will find the experience less appealing than it is inside the tablet app.

First, there is no incentive for Facebook to do any of this; while the company denies this report in Gizmodo that the company shelved a change to the News Feed algorithm that would have eliminated fake news stories because it disproportionately affected right - wing sites, the fact remains that the company is heavily incentivized to be perceived as neutral by all sides; anything else would drive away users, a particularly problematic outcome for a social network.2

iConstituent's success story flies in the face of a perpetual Facebook marketing myth: that Facebook users don't want to be bothered by business or political messaging while using a social network.

A Facebook post, Instagram caption or series of tweets starts innocently enough, and suddenly your social media «friend» is ranting about Starbucks cups, burning bridges with their own family members or making problematic «observations» while sharing a local news story.

The stories of Amos and Jeremiah tell us how the prophet must often speak pleasant words, while the false prophet yields to social pressure, salves guilty consciences, and adjusts his message to make people feel good.

And yet, while many of these older stories, including Wells», are about the rebuilding of civilization, the stories of the broken - back future are about civilization's progressive darkening, often with social chaos coexisting with high technology.

It's a day to celebrate the social, political, and economic achievements of women while also re stories of activists throughout history.

Encourage hours of play and adventure, all while developing their cerebral cortex with social, gross motor, and imaginative skills, tying stories in to some of the world's most classic adventure literature.

While they may have a social message, the stories have to be fun, not didactic.

One evening, while chastising myself for slacking off on this important parenting / birth activist / blogger task, I got to wondering about birth stories as a social phenomenon: Why do (some) women write their birth stories?

One story that almost slipped through the cracks while I was gallivanting about: ABCNews's Amy Bingham picked up on the Super Tuesday social media chatter about Rick Santorum and correctly noted that much of it was negative.

Indeed, while republicans had tied the rise of self - interest to a negative story of change and corruption, in this nascent language of political economy of the eighteenth century, individuals» pursuit of their private interest was thought to be consistent not just with social and political order, as Albert O. Hirschman argued in The Passions and the Interests, but with social and political progress.

And while they were discussing the rollout with reporters, RNC folks touted the data they'll have access to as people use the tools and share stories, plus the benefit of social sharing of people's activity within the app across Facebook.

One story that almost slipped through the cracks while I was gallivanting about: ABCNews's Amy Bingham picked up on the Super Tuesday social media chatter about Rick Santorum...

Social media footsoldiers of the ruling New Patriotic Party government have, in the past few days been circulating a story from a fake news website which alleges that the former Chief of Staff has been banned from travelling to seven western countries because of his involvement in visa racketeering while he was the Chief of Staff.

Of the politically and socially motivated standouts, The Social Network (d. David Fincher) and Black Venus (d. Abdellatif Kechiche) treated us to fictionalised accounts, vastly different in tone and aesthetic, of historical events (of which more below); while Post Mortem (d. Pablo Larrain) offered a fictional personal story set in the time of and impacted by the coup in Chile by Augusto Pinochet that overthrew Salvador Allende; and Inside Job (d. Charles Ferguson) blazed across the screen, a searing must - see documentary indictment of the men and institutions that caused the international financial crash of 2009 (again, more below).

The creator of The West Wing and The Newsroom, and the screenwriter of The Social Network and Steve Jobs, has a knack - or at least a propensity - for telling stories about fast - talking intellectuals whose brains are overflowing with observations and anecdotes, most of which are thematically important by the end of the conversation... a conversation that had at least a 40 % chance of being given while the characters walked somewhere.

Adapted from a John O'Hara bodice - ripper by chronic adaptor Ernest Lehman and released during the gap between the Lehman - scripted marvels North by Northwest and West Side Story, the picture drips with the charged sexual innuendo of the former (and of Robson's Peyton Place, come to think of it) while falling short of the caustic social commentary of the latter.

Tolerable while running, the movie shrivels almost immediately following the end credits, partly because Bier roots her story in no plausible social reality outside Audrey's well - heeled suburbia, sketching an especially vague blueprint for drug rehabilitation (one early scene finds Jerry inexplicably mopping the floor at a methadone clinic yet scorning methadone).

While Dragon Ball FighterZ offers up an impressive suite of single - player options the game isn't the best at preparing new players for multiplayer matches, and so it's no surprise to see social media posts from complete newbies who happily breezed through the story bemoaning their fifty - match losing streak.

I Am Not A Witch is a harrowing story, yet the magical realism via cinematography is allegorically impressionistic while the dooming consequences of Shula (Margaret Mulubwa) are devastating as it reflects a country caught in a social flux.

Although I feel like I haven't been to the theater in weeks (having only gone once last week) I had some reviews waiting in the wings for publication, including the excellent Ex Machina (in addition to an interview I did with director Alex Garland), an unexpectedly favorable assessment of social media horror Unfriended, a less favorable walkthrough of James Franco / Jonah Hill crime tale True Story and a gushing review of Noah Baumbach «s latest hit While We're Young.

While they of course claim to love all the babies in these, Kneedler and Lyanga sounded particularly high on the likes of the Zambia - set social satire «I Am Not a Witch,» the multi-disciplinary South American love story «Pendular,» animated Chinese noir -LRB-!)

The «Social Network» actor leads the true story of a conscientious collaborator who won the Medal of Honor while refusing to carry a gun.

But we're here not to bury Sandler — he's years, if not decades away from a career - long obituary — but to praise him in writer - director Noah Baumbach's (Mistress America, While We're Young, Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale) latest exploration of love, life, and failure among New York City's social, cultural, and artistic elites, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected).

Cathy Moriarty and Bridget Everett, also forces of nature, support Macdonald in one of the most intimate and touching family stories in a while that challenges our thinking about many social issues.

While the story works, trying to find a social message beyond it is a bit muddled.

Tracy idolizes Brooke, using her wild social life as inspiration for a new short story, while Brooke loves that someone so intelligent could look up to her.

Filled to the brim with cheeky social commentary, this is one of those rare action films that hits you heavy with satire, while also engaging you on the surface level with an intriguing story and a strong visceral dynamic.

While there are many great success stories, there are those who still struggle with harnessing the power of social media.

While they can use social tools to get the best of what the Web has to offer, tragic stories of cyberbullying seem to be a daily news staple.

Fifth graders serve as social media interns who tell powerful stories to their community by snapping photos, preparing tweets, and creating Facebook posts for publication while also learning digital citizenship skills.

The principal recounted this story while reflecting on an effort to infuse more social - emotional learning... Read More

You may have read this powerful story by one of the first students to be affected by Vallas's «ending social promotion» fiasco; we've had it posted for a while under the Take Action menu on our home page.

While journalists and media outlets are big users of Twitter in particular, in terms of reading it and pumping out their stories, they're not really at the heart of the debate on social media.

While it focuses more on the social and ecological impact on the lives it follows, the story wouldn't exist without the context of the political situation that brought these Frenchmen onto North American soil.

The ending is both lovely and tragic as it weaves the story of the TV show into the heartbreaking reality of Freddie Gray (and how those involved with the TV show responded then and now, and continue to partake in social activism while still creating art).

These days we also need the drive to build a social media presence and author platform while we're learning craft, or all those lovely stories won't reach readers.

From diary entries, social worker's reports, half - recalled memories, story problems, arrest records, family lore, Supreme Court opinions, and her grandmother's letters, Rory crafts a devastating collage that shows us her world while she searches for the way out of it.

Deon Meyer's engrossing South African thriller pits Detective Benny Griessel against a mystery that unravels like the threads of a complex tapestry... Because the novel is set in contemporary South Africa, race relations and the legacy of apartheid are an inevitable topic, and Meyer works his social commentary into the story while remaining true to his characters... Thirteen Hours draws to a satisfying conclusion, with answers that prove surprising.

The social media buzz surrounding the erotica title Fifty Shades of Grey has resulted in impressive sales for author E.L. James, but the book itself — while an enjoyable and engaging read — is only half as exciting as the story of how the book came to market.

Teju Cole — While most people use social media to share random observations and writing news, author Teju Cole recently raised the bar by using his Twitter account as a vehicle to write a short story — through other people.

«In Donna Leon's sure hands, the crime novel becomes an instrument for exploring social justice and universal truths about human behavior while beautifully telling a compelling story.»

While stories from current and ex-employees which have been appearing on social media suggest systematic breaches of the Code by the LDH, (such killing dogs in front of other dogs), many of the practices which have outraged critics might not be morally defensible, but are perfectly legal.

«While games are the focus of this year's E3, the Wii U story also includes the enhanced social connections and integrated entertainment experiences created by the GamePad.

While your website may not change much, a new initiative can spawn an article, infographic, and social content to send your story far and wide.

While the sharp imagery is seemingly all «black and white,» Reid Kelley's world is anything but: although her stories are indeed meant to be humorous (while offering up difficult social context), she successfully muddies the line between comedic and tragic so seamlessly we are afraid to laugh outrWhile the sharp imagery is seemingly all «black and white,» Reid Kelley's world is anything but: although her stories are indeed meant to be humorous (while offering up difficult social context), she successfully muddies the line between comedic and tragic so seamlessly we are afraid to laugh outrwhile offering up difficult social context), she successfully muddies the line between comedic and tragic so seamlessly we are afraid to laugh outright.

While chronicling individuals who faced a range of civil and social hardships in South America in the 1970s, she became fascinated by the story of the individual and was drawn to the narrative power of images.

Her departure point — Dino Buzzati's 1942 short story Eppure battono alla porta (and yet they are knocking at the door)-- is evocative of the social, political and environmental contemporary realities we face, while the selection of artists and the choice of The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery as venue are sensitive and precise.