By refusing to adhere themselves to a set of truths, the material instead provokes a question of what is, in fact, believable, revealing the delicate bonds
of social narrative and trust in a collective idea of history.
His insistence on the Black artists» freedom to investigate pure abstraction without the intervention
of social narrative continues to nourish my commitment to abstract painting.
Not exact matches
«We conquered Reddit and drive
narrative on
social media, conquered the [mainstream media], now it's time to get our most delicious memes in front
of Americans whether they like it or not,» one
of the group's members posted to Reddit.
Tournament and money standings aside, the new - age way to gauge standings
of a player, and to attract the next generation
of fans, lies in their
social narrative.
First
of all, many
social media home runs actually do occur very quickly, and secondly (and more importantly) this
narrative is much more appealing.
With millennials consuming more and more
of their media through mobile devices and
social platforms, executives at Indigenous Media bet that Snapchat users would warm quickly to the idea
of following a
narrative story posted in regular installments to
social media, as opposed to the traditional theatrical experience.
Once you can pull
narrative into a
social media context, others can then truly become a part
of your story.
Sixty - seven percent
of consumers use
social media for customer service inquiries, so make sure that you become a part
of that
narrative so that you can direct it to a positive outcome.
«By making this shift they clearly prioritized one over the other, and are potentially a bit nervous about the current (really negative)
narrative about the negative impact
of social media on society.»
CA also used digital ads, nearly 1000 organic
social media posts and television ads to strategically counteract the news and happenings
of the campaign to strongly influence the
narrative their principal audience was being exposed to.
As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six
narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours
of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires
social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive
social change.
There is no
narrative that sets out the longer - run economic and
social challenges, and there is no discussion
of how these challenges are interrelated Eliminating the deficit has been the cornerstone
of the government's fiscal policy since 2010.
Developing a buyer (or marketing) persona is a good idea for
social media marketers who are unsure
of how to create a compelling brand
narrative.
There is no
narrative that sets out the longer - run economic and
social challenges; there is no discussion
of how these challenges are interrelated; and, there is no commitment to put aside ideologies and consider what is best for the country.
Over time the idea is to change the
narrative of business to address
social and environmental externalities.
Social media and mainstream reporting are both shaping dangerous and misleading
narratives that, in the long run, are slowly causing the erosion
of the real work
of journalism.
Not to beat a dead horse, but buyer personas must continue to move from a misunderstood practice
of profiling to a practice
of understanding the
narrative of the
social buyer.
You can not tell the
narrative of the
social buyer artfully without the prerequisite
of the uncovering attained by science.
Narratives have long been an interpretative component
of the
social sciences as a way
of presenting as well as recasting research findings.
The
Narrative project includes some
of the team from
Social Strata, the company behind customer engagement applications such as Hoop.la.
The actual archetypical buyer personas that are created serve as an interface and a
narrative to
social, cultural, and behavioral research
of buyers within organizations as well as in individual environments.
Nonetheless, she is surely correct that conversion
narratives (such as, most famously, Augustine's Confessions) are
of little help in plotting these
social changes and that Christianity was indeed influenced by the values
of aristocratic culture.
Knust shows absolutely no awareness
of Biblical exegesis, hermeneutics, genre,
social and historical context, or even a rudimentary understanding
of what's prescriptive or descriptive text in some
of the historical Biblical
narratives.
In the revolutionary
narrative, some irresistible spirit
of progress «speaks,» while a courageous group
of social rebels» not theologically trained ascetics» shows us how it's done, medieval style.
The most obvious manifestation
of the illicit, involving the crossing
of boundaries set by
social mores and norms, is found in the persistent adulterous character
of the
narrative.
Particular attention is given to the kinds
of content that is communicated through such
narratives (cognitive,
social and emotional, information processing skills, implicit messages, and modes
of learning), and to the processes and potential
of learning from television and film.
Again and again such thoughtful writers as Alasdair MacIntyre and Robert Bellah tell us that moral rectitude, fundamental truthfulness, and all
of the other virtues and skills that make us human depend upon society: upon our having a lifelong place within a
social order and contemplating the historical «
narrative» that defines the
social order.
Recognizing the different
social functions
of different kinds
of stories offers a route into a more nuanced educational theory
of the
narrative method.
Yet another theme in the educational literature is that
narrative is a source
of human consciousness and
social critique.
I consider this an ambiguous gift: on the one hand, postmodern tendencies open up spaces for the new perspectives and voices mentioned above; on the other hand, as the
social critic Jane Flax notes, a hard - core kind
of postmodernity which would postulate the death
of history,
of the human being and
of metaphysics undermines the kind
of critical reason that is necessary to counter the «master
narrative» constituted by capitalist globalization.
Social historians rejected the conquest model
of Israel's entry into Canaan as it is described in the biblical
narrative.
The dominant interpretation, derived from Franco - German scholarship
of the nineteenth century, emphasized material aspects: political contest and domination in the Near East; the
social structures
of the Levantine crusader principalities viewed, especially by Francophone scholars, through the lens
of modern colonialism; cultural confrontation and exchange through settlement and trade, a topos made familiar by eighteenth - century Enlightenment writers seeking to integrate the Crusades into a
narrative of European progress; military adventurism that exposed the mentality
of crusaders — heroic, passionate, devout, or misguided according to taste.
The simplistic gospel
of being saved from earth for a home elsewhere in heaven has been replaced by a grand
narrative of God's redemption story that encompasses
social justice, creation care, and a fresh vision
of the mission
of the global Church.
Rather, the Paraiyars» religion points to an arena
of ongoing contestation and transformation
of dominant and, sometimes, oppressive cultural and
social patterns that are founded on religious
narratives (plots?).
What O'Flaherty reports about myth, however, is that using it consciously provides a means
of directing the
narrative to ordinary
social constructions
of reality.
Thusly, I do concur that the premise
of the cultural paradigm
of expressionism holds that art is capable
of social comment, but only if the cultural paradigm
of the
narrative is invalid; if that is not the case, Truth is used to reinforce the status quotient.
«To those defenders
of quantitative
social science who will denounce my tendency toward a
narrative style,» he writes, «I can only reply that, unlike the novelist, who seeks to make the facts conform to his art, I have throughout made my art conform to the facts.
To the degree that members
of oldline Protestant denominations participate in this reinstitutionalization
of society and in the consequent erosion
of deep values, their loyalties will be dispersed over a number
of different
social worlds, they will exist without what JeanFrancois Lyotard has termed a societal «master
narrative,» and they will surely experience lukewarmness with respect to traditional faith.
The quest for inclusiveness in moral education can be pursued only by emptying lived morality
of its particularity — those «thick» normative meanings whose seriousness and authority are embedded within the
social organization
of distinct communities and the collective rituals and
narratives that give them continuity over time.
These are identity - forming
narratives, and they can easily be mapped onto a
social landscape
of us versus them, the in - group and the out - group.
They already have an appreciation
of culture in its broad sense and
of the
narrative link to
social observation.
Since the shooting, people on
social media have been quick to share stories suggesting that there were multiple shooters, that the shooter had ties to terrorist groups, that authorities are purposely hiding information to manipulate the
narrative for political purposes or, even absurdly, that this shooting was some sort
of «false flag» operation orchestrated by shadow groups to fool the public.
The
social location
of the man looms larger in the
narrative than we may at first recognize.
Social history presents
narrative descriptions
of peasants, their families, behaviors, roles and the like.
Thus, the premise
of the cultural paradigm
of expression holds that art is capable
of social comment, but only if the cultural paradigm
of narrative is invalid; if that is not the case, truth is used to reinforce the status quo.
Further, because human beings see patterns in whatever they analyze,
social historians believe that their historical sources provide some sort
of narrative pattern to which data can be related.
For a recent example
of narrative method employed by a
social Scientist see Robert N. Bellah et al., Habits
of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life (Berkeley: University
of California Press, 1985).
Several recent books provide an opposite imbalance, emphasizing the congregation's normative relationship to Christian
narrative.18 «The
social - ethical task
of the church,» says one,»... is to be the kind
of community that tells and tells rightly the story
of Jesus.
The existence
of a Church and a teaching tradition to give body to this sharing is both legitimated and necessitated by the intrinsically
social,
narrative and historical character
of revelation.
Accepting the sticky consequences
of a particular
social commitment and covenant, a church member participates also in
narrative reflection and storied praxis.