Sentences with phrase «hierarchical nature»

According to her research, which was published earlier this spring in the journal PLOS ONE, it is all due to the inherently hierarchical nature of social media networks, where, in the social hierarchy of connections, people mostly either follow up or across; they rarely follow down.

«Your friends have more friends than you do: Research uncovers the inherently hierarchical nature of social media.»

While the core hierarchical nature of Android Wear hasn't changed in 5.0 (specifically, 5.0.1), it has received some much - needed refining.

It challenges the hierarchical nature not only of our social system but also of our religion.

Yet because of the hierarchical nature of our ecclesiastical polity and our respect for the episcopal office, we tend to approach those in the church's high places as supplicants, seeking permission, information and authority before we act.

Without our having been drawn toward a higher or deeper meaning by a concrete set of symbols expressed in a specific historical - cultural context we would have no inkling of ultimate purpose or of the hierarchical nature of reality.

The first women's CR groups were leaderless since a major goal of the women's movement has been to challenge the hierarchical nature of our social system.

Biraderi's patriarchal and hierarchical nature has led to a number of Bradford's British Pakistanis, especially young people and women, to feel increasingly disenfranchised from a local politics dominated by what has been termed locally as the «biraderi brigade».

I think that what's responsible for it is the hierarchical nature of human relationships.

Bullies are considered to reap social benefits from their actions due to the hierarchical nature of the schoolyard, where the most adept bullies become popular figures amongst their peers.

Nonscientific factors, including the hierarchical nature of German research institutions and the long hours demanded by a successful research career, seemed incompatible with my hopes for a family.

A more balanced assessment would consider other dimensions of teacher working conditions: the hierarchical nature of the job, the inflexible work hours, the relative inflexibility of vacation planning, the frequently unsafe working conditions, the lack of private office space, and the stress of being «on stage» nearly all day in front of students.

First is the hierarchical nature of the materials — mastering one leads to the next.

Multi-cat families have a hierarchical nature with «lower ranking» and «higher ranking» cats.

First, at the risk of sounding ageist, because of the hierarchical nature of Japanese companies, it winds up being that the most senior executives at the company cut their teeth during NES and Super NES days and do not really understand modern gaming, so adopting things like online gaming, account systems, friends lists, as well as understanding the rise of PC gaming has been very slow.

A foundational gesture for his practice is the annexation of existing cultural iconography via rendering in his signature black and white palette — a stratagem that interrogates the hierarchical nature of our notions of ownership and criminality.

Google's Research arm has found that a hierarchical approach to learning is well suited to the hierarchical nature of language, and happens to be good enough for suggesting possible responses to emails.

The hierarchical nature of University excludes us from the decision making.