Sentences with phrase «by rapid social change»

Civic culture is strained to the breaking point by rapid social change.

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Social media measurement can be overwhelming, and half the challenge is simply keeping up with the content that is being changed by the millions of living, breathing users and discerning what has value and what doesn't, while at the same time keeping up with the social media platforms that are developing at an equally rapid rate with their user actSocial media measurement can be overwhelming, and half the challenge is simply keeping up with the content that is being changed by the millions of living, breathing users and discerning what has value and what doesn't, while at the same time keeping up with the social media platforms that are developing at an equally rapid rate with their user actsocial media platforms that are developing at an equally rapid rate with their user activity.

This is testament to how the Chinese outbound investment is an ever - fluid market that changes at a rapid pace, as mainland Chinese have increasingly become sophisticated international property buyers who tend to research thoroughly — either by asking for information online and via social media or by asking friends and families for recommendations — before narrowing down their options to decide on their final international property investment destination.

Nevertheless, it takes seriously the developments in critical Bible studies, the new insights gained from the social sciences of cultural anthropology and sociology, the impact of technology and political theory in rapid cultural change and the issues raised by cross-cultural communication on a global scale.

It becomes the mission of the liberal church to present the claims of the Christian faith to those who have been most impressed by the empirical approach of the sciences or by those critical social needs which call for rapid and thoroughgoing change.

This research, by contrast, suggests that rapid evolution of a complex social behavior like pair bonding can occur by changing the expression of just one gene, he says.

With the current whirlwind of change within the publishing industry — led by the rapid growth in ebooks, self - publishing and the growth of social media — there are few reassuring constants.

After an opening presentation by G4C President Susanna Pollack on the power and potential of video games to drive social change, students were divided into groups and guided through the game design process in a rapid - fire game jam: inventing games using unconventional materials as their game components, playtesting mechanics and refining their rules, and iterating to improve the gameplay.

Inspired by the intellectual debates that characterised much of the mid 1900s, particularly the emergence of semiology as a field of study, these artists evoked numerous media to explore and attempt to understand the rapid social change unfolding around them.

The title is taken from a 1970 book by Alvin Toffler, who defined the term as «the social paralysis induced by rapid technological change.»

According to the exhibition organisers, Contemporary Balkan Art (CoBA), «contemporary art from the Balkans is characterised by social fragmentation, cultural interruption and economic uncertainty leading to rapid cultural and demographic changes.»

«Reference points for this work come from my interest in the historic changes brought about in art by the social and cultural upheavals and rapid developments in science and technology in the 1960's and 70's.

This wonderful exhibition catalogue provides context to these iconic pieces and explores the 1930s — a fascinating yet uncertain time for America, marked by rapid economic and social change.

The precise mechanisms by which climate change affects Native communities are poorly understood, especially in the context of rapid social, economic, and cultural change.

«With millions of people forced to move each year by rapid - onset climate - related hazards and slow - onset environmental degradation, social wellbeing, human rights, economies and even state stability are at risk... at the highest level, climate change is being assessed as a risk to national security and potentially to global stability.»