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61Social simulation — is the modeling or simulation, normally performed using a computer, of social phenomena (e.g., cooperation, competition, markets, social networks dynamics, etc.). A subset within social simulations are Agent Based Social Simulations (ABSS) which… …
62Social informatics — is the study of information and communication tools in cultural, or institutional contexts (Kling, Rosenbaum, Sawyer, 2005). A transdisciplinary field, ( [http://www.inform.nu/Articles/Vol3/v3n2p89 96r.pdf Sawyer Rosenbaum, 2000, p. 90] ) social… …
63Social anthropology — is the branch of anthropology that studies how currently living human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long term, intensive field studies (including participant observation methods),… …
64Social capital — is a concept in business, economics, organizational behaviour, political science, public health, sociology and natural resources management that refers to connections within and between social networks. Though there are a variety of related… …
65Social engineering (political science) — Social engineering is a concept in political science that refers to efforts to influence popular attitudes and social behavior on a large scale, whether by governments or private groups. In the political arena the counterpart of social… …
66Social psychology (psychology) — Social psychology is the scientific study of how people s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others (Allport, 1985). By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of… …
67Social relation — can refer to a multitude of social interactions, regulated by social norms, between two or more people, with each having a social position and performing a social role. In sociological hierarchy, social relation is more advanced than behavior,… …
68Social complexity — is the approach to social phenomena that tries to analyze a social system as a complex system. The social complexity can be seen as an impact on the social analysis of increasingly influential complexity theory. It can be understood as the… …
69Science fiction and fantasy in Poland — Science fiction in Poland dates to the late 18th century. During the later years of the People s Republic of Poland, social science fiction was a very popular genre of science fiction. Afterwards, many others gained prominence. Currently there… …
70Social determinants of health — are the economic and social conditions under which people live which determine their health. They are societal risk conditions , rather than individual risk factors that either increase or decrease the risk for a disease, for example for… …
