Sentences with phrase «social studies time»

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A joint study by AOL and Nielsen found that people spend more than 50 percent of their time online with content and an additional 30 percent of their time on social channels where content can be shared.

The study involving about 1000 Facebook users in the US found that those who spent relatively more time on Facebook and had a strong network on social media were more likely to have lower credit scores and more credit card debt compared to those who used it less and had a comparatively weaker network.

Plenty of thinkers have argued that time abroad increases important skills for business success like comfort with ambiguity, confidence when confronted with the unfamiliar, and accelerated learning, but the team of social scientists out of Rice University, Columbia, and the University of North Carolina behind this study wanted to test the effects of extended travel abroad on self knowledge specifically.

The study, which was published in the September issue of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, also indicated that one's perception of available time led powerful people to be, in general, less stressed.

So knowing the right answer to a tough question appears to be less important than being able to consider a large number of social responses in a brief window of time,» Von Hippel said of the study findings.

A recent study by McKinsey found that not only is email three times more likely to result in conversion than social media, but the average purchase price is 17 percent higher as well.

For instance, one study randomly assigned participants to one of two groups: One group's members spent time on their social media pages, and the other group simply surfed the Internet.

The «strength of an individual's social group was positively related to productivity,» according to the study, and that «giving employees breaks at the same time we increased the strength of an individual's social groups.»

The average time spent on private activities, such as online shopping, checking social media and emails, personal phone calls, and chatting with colleagues sucks up an estimated 1.5 to 3 hours per day, according to studies cited by The Atlantic.

The study also showed that time spent on social media sites is more for personal reasons than for job - related activities, with less than 7 percent of respondents indicating they use social media exclusively for work purposes.

While there are probably a few things Millennials themselves can do to beat back perfectionism (for the love of all that is holy, spend less time on social media, for instance), the underlying causes of this shift suggested by the study, including an increasingly terrifying scramble for a shrinking number of slots in the middle class, are something we're all going to have to address together.

Looking further at those trends, the study reveals that men spent less time on social media than women (5 vs. 7 hours per week), decreasing their hours by 1 from the previous year.

«A fake story claiming Pope Francis — actually a refugee advocate — endorsed Mr. Trump was shared almost a million times, likely visible to tens of millions,» Zeynep Tufekci, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina who studies the social impact of technology, said of a recent post on Facebook.

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A recent study that analyzed more than 10,000 different entrepreneurs across 52 counties found that women were 1.17 times more likely than men to pursue a venture with an environmental or social mission statement.

A few well - timed social media posts can bring your case study a lot of extra attention, and maybe even get you a few more leads.

Berger studied why some New York Times articles make the paper's own Most E-mailed List, why products get word of mouth, and how social influence shapes everything from the cars we buy to the clothes we wear to the names we give our children.

The study seems to suggest that intelligent people often have an easier time acquiring emotional, social and financial success.

She studied theology part - time at Highland Theological College in Dingwall while working as a community social worker on Mull.

«There is a small decline in church attendance over time, but not nearly as large as suggested in popular culture, or even by some social scientists,» said University of Nebraska - Lincoln sociologist Philip Schwadel, who conducted the study.

While it might be true that those who lived in the time of the Prophet could understand religion better than the people of today who must study Islam by means of documents only, we can not ignore the considerable change in the social situation and world conditions during the past fourteen centuries.

Preparation for preaching, therefore, should include time spent studying the human and social implications of their pastoral and community relationships; reading papers and magazines; listening to radio; watching television; attending the theater and movies in order that the church's preaching may engage the meanings that influence people with the meanings of the gospel.

I've spoken at womens» events, organized a few socials in my time, participated in and then lead Bible studies and home groups for many years.

With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.

Mintz does cite one study showing that «serious social, emotional or psychological problems» are 2.5 times more frequent in the long term among children of divorced parents, but the citation is buried in a footnote.

In the heyday of the liberal social gospel which occurred at the same time that form criticism and other important New Testament studies were making a fresh impact on Christian thought, the kingdom was considerably explored.

Almost every department of theological study is involved at this level, and this means not only attention to the symbols and images of the Christian faith; it also means attention to the symbols and images and art forms of the contemporary world, as they are encountered in literature and the fine arts, but also in popular expressions, community rituals, social ideologies, and not least in the mass media of the time.

During his time as a researcher at the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, KC initiated new avenues of research exploring the space where ideology and faith intersect to activate a process of social change.

Anthony McRoy, author of From Rushdie to 7/7: The Radicalisation of Islam in Britain (Social Affairs Unit), who lectures in Islamic Studies for Wales Evangelical School of Theology, spent considerable time at the Olympic venues in discussion with Muslim evangelists.

John R. Commons requested them to study sociology and to «give one - half their pulpit time to expounding it... «15 Richard Ely «proposed that half of theological students» time be devoted to social science and that the divinity schools be the chief intellectual centers for sociology.

It can be another party, movie tickets or a sitter who has to get home early to study for finals, but it'll help make sure you optimize your party attendance time for maximum enjoyment and, depending on the exit strategy, can help craft the illusion that you live an enviably and mysteriously thriving social life.

I'm very active on social media, and, if studies / full - time work permit, I will post every day to my Facebook and Instagram accounts.

«I have had to set priorities and budget my time between water polo, school, and a social life,» he said of balancing studies and sports with enjoying his senior year of high school.

Gruber says next time he'll use one of his «life lines» for math questions, because he says he's more of a history, civics, and social studies guy.

A study shows, for the first time, how these functional impairments arise: Social isolation during early life prevents the cells that make up the brain's white matter from maturing and producing the right amount of myelin, the fatty «insulation» on nerve fibers that helps them transmit long - distance messages within the brain.

In the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fields.

But I think that in weeks that I'm off, and all of those times that I am just me with them — I don't do a lot of social things, I don't go out a lot with girlfriends, I read, I study a couple times a week with a Jewish study partner, which is an intellectual exercise and also a social one.

The study — conducted by Hio Wa Mak, doctoral student of human development and family studies — examined how parental rejection, as well as the overall well - being of the family unit, were related to changes in adolescents» social anxiety, friendships and feelings of loneliness over time.

Commenting at the time on the 2010 Purdue study for Sports Illustrated [20][15], Randall Benson, a neurologist at Wayne State University in Detroit, speculated that the Purdue researchers may have taken what amounted to a «real - time snapshot» of the early stages of the corrosive creep that wears away at the frontal lobe, a part of the brain involved in navigating social situations.

Cross-cultural studies show that infants, who are cared for in this way are: more social, more alert, less fussy and restless, sleep better, have smoother movements, and better intellectual and motor development than infants who spend the majority of their time out of human contact, untouched, in infant seats, car seats, swings, strollers, and cribs.

According to the study, more parental monitoring led to less total screen time for kids and reduced exposure to media violence, which in turn led to benefits such as improved sleep, lower BMI, better school performance, improved social behavior, and reduced aggression.

If you're in this position, know that studies have shown time and time again that good childcare can promote cognitive, language, and social skills.

Myth # 1 — Kids raised in single parent households have a hard time with their studies, end up on the wrong side of the law, and have serious social flaws.

Parents and their babies «may be better served if we devote more resources to studying the interventions recommended long before the discovery of probiotics: reassurance, family social support, and the tincture of time.»

Was a C.N.A. before son was born, now SAHM and part time college student, studying to become an English / Social Studies teacher.

One study found that social support in the time leading up to and following birth had an important positive impact on a mother's postpartum mental health.

But, but, but: The Post's in - house pollster, Scott Clement, flags a 2013 Pew Research Study, which found that people who prioritize gun rights over gun control are four or five times more likely to contribute money to advocacy groups, contact public officials, sign petitions and express their views on social media.

According to one study, Americans spend nearly one - fifth of their total time online on social platforms.

During her PhD she spent time as a visiting fellow at the MZES (Mannheim Centrum for European Social Research) in Germany, and whilst there she was mentored by Hermann Schmitt (BES — British Election Study).