social construction
Medicalization and beyond: the social construction of insomnia and snoring in the news
... Given that insomnia is commonly considered a symptom of something else (rather than sleep disorder in its own right), and given that it is commonly associated in the popular mind or imagination with worry, stress, ...
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WHAT IS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION? Paul A. Boghossian
... The Social Construction of What? (1999), social construction talk is often applied not only to worldly items – things, kinds and facts – but to our beliefs about ...The Social ...
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The social construction of risk by young people
... The apparent realist position of Beck would seem to place risks and hazards at odds with subjective feelings of anxiety and fear. This contradiction, noted by Beck himself, (Flynn 2006) highlights the directions of ...
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Challenges for Inquiry and Knowledge in Social Construction of Reality
... in social sciences till the last century, the concept of social construction of reality has gained momentum, and many scholars are using its assumptions and philosophy to study varied social ...
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Social construction of local/regional capital – methodology
... a social construction of ...this construction and its interpre- tation depend both on institutionalized types of com- munication and the social biography of an individual, an important feature ...
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The clinical and social construction of the Paichais of Macau
... The aim of the present study was to understand the clinical and social construction of pathological gamblers in Macau. In Macau, they are called Paichai ( ), which literally means “ to grab money from ...
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Social Construction of Dependence in Elderly Men in Chile
... the social con- struction of old ...and social landmark as the loss of functionality in later ...the social construction of dependence in elderly men, three aspects of that configuration stand ...
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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODY: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
... of social life, and is the texture and order of that social ...distinguishable social status for the assignment of rights and ...the social differences that define woman and ...
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The social construction of Muslim minority groups in Canada
... which social structure should be cultivated, and what is right or wrong for the ...their social construction as potential threat to Canadian ...
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The social construction of Paul’s apostolic leadership in Corinth
... right social and cultural mind would boast of such humiliating markings; this was foolish ...low social status, over against the Corinthian and Jewish elites in his social construction of ...
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Online Gaming and the Social Construction of Virtual Victimization
... the social construction of cyber-victimization, particularly within the context of the online ...negotiated social construction process—a process emergent within one of the earliest graphical ...
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Material and Social Construction: A Framework for the Adaptation of Buildings
... The other end of the spectrum is the social construction of buildings which are composed of people, organizations and institutions which manage and use the material form. Adaptation can further be refined ...
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The social construction of dyslexia in UK higher education
... or social value, dyslexia as a legally recognised disability provides value for interested ...of social organisation, significance and ...how social arrangements cohere around assumptions of ...the ...
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The World Is Broken: The Social Construction of a Global Corruption Problem
... the social construction of corruption does not imply corruption did not exist until agents ‘made it ...of social construction as a problematization of a certain condition, therefore, does not ...
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The Social Construction of Online Fraud
... the social construction of scientific knowledge suggested that all forms of knowledge, including scientific facts, are a process of ...of social is extended to non-human actors, the role of ...
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Constructing safety on sites: an exploration of the social construction of safety on large UK construction sites
... this construction inevitably also suggested the contrary scenario, a reality where some people did not get home safely, although this seemed to be a conscious element of the slogan, as this further reinforced the ...
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The Social Construction of Obesity in an Australian Preventive Health Policy
... Alternative representations of the problem that decentre body fat are being practiced in the Australian health field although the prevalence of these practices is not known. In his Melbourne practice a GP, Rick Kausman ...
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A case study of the social construction and reception of pedagogic discourse
... Final Section. So far, we've asked mostly closed format questions. In this last section, we'd like to ask you some open questions.. Finally, we'd like you to use the rest of this page t[r] ...
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The hunt for the paper tiger: The social construction of cyberterrorism
... Because the frequencies of the codes just described were so high, a secondary coding process was necessary in order to effect a more nuanced analysis. Quotations coded with the three primary codes - hackers, terrorist ...
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The social construction of skills : a hospitality sector perspective
... of social and cultural expe- rience profiles as an indicator of contrast between developed and less developed country environments, arguing that the extent of proximity and exposure to Americanised models of ...
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