Sentences with phrase «much social power»

Another problem with Greek - letter organizations is that antiquated rules give men too much social power on campus.

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Social media content has the power to boost sales, improve public perception, increase searchability and so much more.

Social networks have assumed much of the same power, Bell and others have argued, though they typically use more opaque processes and have a greater focus on those profitable slices of publishing.

Other functionality that can be added to jump - start community development includes social facilities and entertainment; power generation for charging phones; cooling / refrigeration of vaccines; education opportunities; and much more.

With the explosion of social media and other interactive websites plus the vastness of the Internet itself and online users, much of the marketing power has shifted out of the marketer's hands and into the consumers.

The social, economic, political, and legal ramifications of this rejectionist view of Jews and Judaism were enormous, considering that so much of premodern Western civilization was indeed Christendom, where Christians held political power and justified their power in Christian terms.

But the fiscal conservatives and the strong foreign - policy advocates don't have that power either, and without at least a good percentage of social conservatives to form the third leg of the Reagan coalition, no candidate has much chance of winning the Republican nomination.

They were put back in power in 2010 to work for JOBS and yet what do they do, practically nothing but social legislation, anti-abortion, anti-gay, thankfully the American people pretty much stopped that last night!

We Presbyterians, who share so much — a confession of faith, a rich theological heritage, the advantages and the burdens of wealth and social power — could covenant to stay together, to labor with each other, in love, for justice and truth.

They no longer command much social or cultural power.

I would submit that much of the scientific and social progress that has transpired since the Dark Ages was driven by those who didn't drink the Kool - Aid of organized religion, but who dared to strike - out on their own spiritual path, without necessarily «tossing out» the concept of a higher power in our lives.

The Danforth Study of Campus Ministries, published ten years ago under the audaciously inclusive title The Church, the University, and Social Policy, has probably had little measurable impact on any of the three communities addressed — which focus respectively on goodness, truth and power — much less on strengthening their linkage with one another.

For Man, by the act of «noospherically» concentrating himself upon himself, not only becomes reflectively aware of the ontological current on which he is borne, but also gains control of certain of the springs of energy which dictate this advance: above all, collective springs, in so far as he consciously realizes the value, biological efficiency and creative nature of social organization; but also individual springs m as much as, through the collective work of science, he feels himself to be on the verge of acquiring the power of physicochemical control of the operations of heredity and morphogenesis in the depths of his own being.

At a later stage, some fifteen thousand years ago, we see a second scattering, very much more dense and clearly defined: that of agricultural groups installed in fertile valleys — centers of social life where man, arrived at a state of stability, achieved the expansive powers which were to enable him to invade the New World.

Members who worship sporadically are much less likely to be able to see the world in a new way, given the power of intellectual, moral, and social values of the world in which they live most of their lives.

For decades, «us» vs. «them» language has been a dominant part of American politics, and because of religion's power to influence social issues, it seeped into much of the dialogue surrounding faith.

And since the news operations are themselves part of vast conglomerations of business power, the management of these corporations, through their selection of staff, their promulgation of policy «guidelines», and their intricate and subtle system of rewards and punishments, oversee and maintain a news environment that fosters not so much facts and understanding, as profit and the prevailing social order.

Since so much of social construction is an expression of power, there is now much interest in its deconstruction.

True, she and the sisterhood for whom she stands in have had much power to damage the social ethos» and have used it to the hilt.

So Mr. George Henry Soule says of the Puritan revolution in the sixteenth century: «The conflict of religious ideas was indeed important, but it was important not so much because of the abstract significance of these ideas as because they represented the mechanism of attack and defense between economic and social classes who were struggling for power.»

It does appear that the Roman Catholics, whose orders carry out much of the evangelism and social action, and whose pastors and bishops are also celibate (breaking thereby some of the extraordinary power of kinship connections), have fewer difficulties on these fronts.

«The church will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning... As the number of her adherents diminishes... she will lose many of her social privileges... It will be hard going for the Church, for the process of crystallisation and clarification will cost her much valuable energy... But when the trial of this sifting is past, a great power will flow from a more spiritualised and simplified Church... And so it seems certain to me that the Church is facing very hard times.

Specifically ask people to share your posts: You'll be amazed how much the power of suggestion works on social media outlets.

IMO the historical impact of social media will be to diffuse power; not so much through the superficial directness of referenda (or number 10's e-petitions) but through enabling social action that more directly addresses issues.

Thus, while Governor Patrick has a much larger following, it appears as if social media tactics, as opposed to pure content or «celeb power» explain at least some of that difference.

While the early days of Cameron's leadership were all about reaching out to new groups and voters beyond the traditional Tory core, since taking power his agenda has been very much in line with that of Conservative leaders and governments since 1979, being characterised by cuts to social expenditure and the privatisation of public services.

Economic recovery will be another casualty, as the government's attack on pay for nurses, social workers, paramedics, and PCSOs will hit spending power, and the 25 per cent department cuts will have a devastating impact on jobs, driving down much - needed demand in our economy.

Helgerson has used the power of the purse to place a much larger emphasis on the social determinants of health, particularly with programs that could be funded in part, or in whole, by the federal government.

Sources at Momentum said they believed there was a fundamental misunderstanding of how they had operated: «We believe the Electoral Commission is investigating Momentum because we managed to do so much with so little and because they haven't previously dealt before with a social movement - type organisation that is powered by the energy and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of volunteers rather than large amounts of money.»

Economic recovery will be another casualty, as the government's attack on pay for nurses, social workers, paramedics, and PCSOs will hit spending power, and the 25 per cent departmental cuts will have a devastating impact on jobs, driving down much - needed demand in our economy.

THE power of social media to influence politics is one of the narratives of our time — Obama's US presidential win in 2008 was hailed as the Facebook election and the debate over how much social media jump - started the Arab Spring still goes on.

I'm sure this has its benefits if / when something awful occurs, but do we recognize how much power one social media platform has here?

All the same, as in Salvatore Giuliano and Il caso Mattei, Rosi's interest is not so much in exploring the charismatic individual per se but more in attempting to uncover the social, political, legal and illegal networks within which these individuals both exercise their power and within which they are, in a sense, imprisoned and by which they are, ultimately, crushed.

The programs, in nursing and social work, are powered by 2U and provide another showcase of just how much traditional universities have been leveraging online learning to innovate in novel ways to serve more students (even as the partnership with 2U means Simmons is likely not keeping the majority of the revenue).

There's so much potential to channel learners» social power in our classrooms and schools, and Lieberman gives plenty of ideas for how to do that.

It's always we can fire no teacher ever except for extreme offenders and maybe 2 a year statewide for quality, or we can have evil power mad principals fire teachers because they cost too much as they age or for speaking out on a noble social issue or for personality reasons.

by Nina Amir Despite much talk about building author platform on social networks, the number of fans and followers you attract on Twitter, Google Plus or Facebook can't match the power of a large mailing list when it comes to marketing your ebook.

It's part of a larger problem and a larger trend where a few large tech company platforms (Google with search, Facebook with social media, Amazon with e-commerce) have amassed so much power that it's become a matter of self - preservation for them to continue doing what they're doing.

Both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the mid-sized Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablets runs with Honeycomb OS skinned with the new TouchWiz UX (4.0) customizations, dual - core 1 GHz chipset, dual - cameras (3MP rear camera with AF, LED flash & 2MP front - facing camera), Bluetooth (3.0 for 8.9 Tab, 2.1 for 10.1 Tab), 1080p HD video playback, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Flash Player 10.2, Samsung Mini Apps Tray, Social Hub, Reader's Hub, Music Hub, Android Market, and powered by 6000mAh battery and much more.

Both Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 tablets use Honeycomb OS skinned with TouchWiz UX, dual - core 1 GHz chipset, dual - cameras (3MP rear camera with AF, LED flash & 2MP front - facing camera), Bluetooth (3.0 for 8.9 Tab, 2.1 for 10.1 Tab), 1080p HD video playback, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Flash Player 10.2, Samsung Mini Apps Tray, Social Hub, Reader's Hub, Music Hub, Android Market, and powered by 6000mAh battery and much more.

The iOS app store currently shows similar apps powered by Narvii Inc.'s Amino social media platform that are themed around wrestling, video games, K pop, anime and much more.

9 These are admittedly academic perspectives, and are focused as much on hierarchies of power — «institutional critique» — as on the horizontal «social» networks they also name.

But the new century is much different from the last: old hierarchies are toppling, the line between art and craft is being erased, and technology is decentralizing political, social and economic power.

Through subtle processes of image reconstruction, African - American artist Hank Willis Thomas complicates seemingly simple meanings behind image - based adverts, revealing their capacity to have much greater power than selling products but also play a disturbing role in constructing and reinforcing social prejudice — with an emphasis on the portrayal of black men and white women in America.

Much has been written about Gates» mobilization of the art market as a kind of fundraiser for privatized social programs, but less has been said about the power of this scheme to pardon any failings in the works themselves.

In fact, their continuing influence has as much to do with their social and artistic alliances, and the power over and insight into artists that gave them, as it does with their writing.

For a nation as rich in natural wealth and resources as Brazil, this transition of power is not important merely in terms of politics or global affairs, but perhaps for something much farther - reaching — like demonstrating to the world that social and economic progress and development needn't necessarily be in conflict with the preservation of the natural world.

The case was brought before the courts by the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice who sought an injunction on the grounds that the legislation would give too much power to doctors.

Their online publishing power is driven by their social network as much as their individual ideas.

Lawyers must be careful, though, not to step across the line to unethical conduct when using social media to investigate those who hold so much power in the courtroom.