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    Social Influence

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    The ways in which people think‚ feel and behave are investigated through social psychology (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2005). Social psychology is a process that examines the way in which social settings influence one’s actions. People react to others in many different ways. The way in which someone behaves or acts‚ changes based on their environment and beliefs (one on one versus group settings) and based on biases‚ stereotypes‚ attributions‚ attitudes‚ self impressions and first impressions. There are

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    The power of social influence has been a subject of extensive research (Hogg‚ 1992). The notion that groups working towards a mutual goal perform better than independent individuals has been largely accepted not only by social psychologists but also by employers (Abrams‚ Wetherell‚ Cochrane‚ Hogg & Turner‚ 2001). Employers for example would often suggest team building exercises because they recognize the importance of group cohesiveness and entitattivity (Baron‚ Brainscombe‚ & Byrne‚ 2009). Group

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    social media

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    Running Head: SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Social Media Introduction This report basically focuses on developing the new web site for the Baking and confectionery business of the client Jake. The main emphasis will be given to the presence on web and the role of social media on the marketing of the products or businesses. The role and importance of Face book‚ Twitter‚ and other blogging sites in creating awareness of a particular business is also

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    OF SOCIAL MARKETING Jude Varcoe In the last ten years there has been considerable spend on Social Marketing. There is no systematic way of proving the effectiveness of Social Marketing. This paper considers how the effectiveness of Social Marketing should be assessed‚ the extent to which effectiveness is currently determined and suggests a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of Social Marketing. This paper suggests that best practice in assessing the effectiveness of Social Marketing

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    Social Stratification

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    Social stratification is how individuals or groups of people are placed within society. They are placed within ‘layers’ or social strata’s in a hierarchy depending on their circumstances in life. It is a trait of society‚ not simply a reflection of individual differences. Individuals at the top of the hierarchy ‘the higher class’ have more advantages in life than those at the bottom of the hierarchy ‘the lower class’. The higher class have more opportunities to succeed in life‚ for example‚ due to

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    Social Media

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    PROBLEMS AND ITS BACKGROUND I. Introduction Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create‚ share‚ and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0‚ and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Furthermore‚ social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies

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    Social Media

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    Social media has become a major influence on not only the recent generation‚ but others as well. Its use has become a normal routine in the lives millions of people. Social media has many positive things about it‚ but with every positive thing there are also many negatives. When social media was first developed‚ there was no intention of it having such a large negative impact on lives‚ families and communities. Over the years‚ people have taken advantage of social media and the opportunities it presents

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    Social Psychology

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    Social psychology is about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Baron‚ Byrne & Suls (1989) define social psychology as ....... “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations”. (p. 6). It therefore looks at human behavior as influenced by other people and the social context in which this occurs. Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others

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    Social Inequality

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    Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status‚ social class‚ and social circle. Areas of social inequality include voting rights‚freedom of speech and assembly‚ the extent of property rights and access to education‚ health care‚ quality housing‚ traveling‚ transportation‚ vacationing and other social goods and services. Apart from that it can also be seen in the quality of family and neighbourhood life‚ occupation‚ job satisfaction

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    Social Entrepreneurship

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    PROJECT REPORT ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INDIAN EDUCATION SECTOR SUBMITTED BY ANSHULA MADGULA TYBMS (SEMESTER V) H.R. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS PROJECT GUIDE PROF. AMEYA AMBULKAR SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI DATE OF SUBMISSION: NOVEMBER 16‚ 2013 DECLARATION I‚ Anshula Madgula of H.R. College of Commerce & Economics of TYBMS (SEMESTER V)‚ hereby declare that I have completed this project on ‘SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INDIAN EDUCATION SECTOR’ in the Academic

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