Essays about: "Social Contagion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Social Contagion.

  1. 1. The Slow Spread of Environmentally Friendly Action : An agent-based model simulation of social networks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Till Kolligs; [2023]
    Keywords : network analysis; agent based model; tipping point; climate action; complex contagion; vegetarianism;

    Abstract : The adoptation of environmentally friendly behaviour is rather slow, although the climate crisis is pressing. This thesis aims to understand the slow adoption of environmentally friendly behaviour, specifically focusing on vegetarianism and veganism, by employing social network analysis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vide Wassberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lockdown Effects on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic – The Evidence from Norway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Chen; Ruoshui He; [2021]
    Keywords : Pandemic; COVID-19 cases; lockdown; difference-in-differences; Scandinavia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China and has become a public health emergency of international concern. Several countries have issued comprehensive social distancing policies responses to the pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Social Identity in Memory Integration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Marius Boeltzig; [2021]
    Keywords : memory integration; social contagion; memory conformity; social identity; inference; episodic memory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : An adaptive memory system has to support both the encoding of individual episodes as well as generalization and inference across several episodes. The latter of these two goals is achieved by memory integration in which a memory representation is updated to accommodate new information. READ MORE

  6. 5. Always there culture : Home office and the struggle of Mexican women for work/life balance in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alia Felix Guerrero; [2021]
    Keywords : Work life balance; Telework; ICT s; Phenomenology; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Working Mexican mothers have been experiencing drastic changes in their way of life due to the forced adaptation of their office work into a ‘Home office’ mode. The reason of this sudden change was brought by the Covid-19 pandemic which prompted governments and companies to enforce lockdowns and social distancing as measures to prevent the contagion. READ MORE