Fostering the conditions for creative concept development by Elmarie Costandius

“…The student protests in South Africa in 2015 and 2016 opened up pertinent social issues, but left many universities in a stagnated place where lecturers and students are too afraid to converse and unable to think creatively about ways forward. …”
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Online and face-to-face role-play simulations in promoting social work students’ argumentative problem solving by Kati Vapalahti, Miika Marttunen, Leena Laurinen

“…This quasi- experimental study investigated whether role-play simulation conducted either online (15 students) or face-to-face (14 students) improved students’ problem solving on social issues. As a pre-test, the students wrote an essay after having watched a dramatization of problematic cases on elderly people’s use of alcohol. …”
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Opinion formation on dynamic networks: identifying conditions for the emergence of partisan echo chambers by Tucker Evans, Feng Fu

“…Our work helps elucidate how the division of today has come to be and how cohesion and unity could otherwise be attained on a variety of political and social issues.…”
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Video Games as Awareness Raisers, Attitude Changers, and Agents of Social Change by Elena Shliakhovchuk

“…This study aligns with this need, investigating video games as possible tools for positive societal influence and exploring their potential to address sensitive social issues. Transportation theory underscores the transformative potential of video games, casting players as “travellers” who, traversing stages of reality dissolution, emotional connection, and altered return, present a pathway for attitude transformation. …”
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Cultivating Positivity to Achieve a Resilient Society: A Critical Narrative Review from Psychological Perspectives by Andree Hartanto, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Xun Ci Soh

“…With the rapid speed of globalization and technological breakthroughs, current social issues have become more complex than in past decades. …”
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Territorial Trajectories within a New Centre for the Globalised Mining Industry: the Andes of Northern Argentina by Marie Forget

“…Argentina’s mining industry has grown rapidly in recent years, making the sector an essential part of the country’s economy and placing the Andes at the centre of numerous economic, political and social issues. This article examines the spatial distribution of mining activities and the role attributed to the mountains of northwest Argentina. …”
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Sustainable business: Are ESG standards powering the resilience of a new business model? by Petrović-Tomić Nataša

“…In recent years, the concept of sustainable business was placed in the forefront, and it relies on three pillars: ecologically acceptable profiting, good corporate governance, and care about social issues. That is the core of the abbreviation that has been increasingly present in Serbia, as well. …”
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Integrating Undergraduate Research into Social Science Curriculum: Benefits and Challenges of Two Models by Jessica Crowe, Austin Boe

“…Findings show that students benefit from a hands-on research experience that deepens their understanding of both survey methods and social issues. While, students who participated in the community-based research project enjoyed interacting with community members and learning about community concerns, students in the senior seminar research experience ranked all aspects of the research project more favorably than students participating in the community-based research project. …”
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Developing Online Images. From Visual Traces to Public Voices by Donato Ricci, _ Calibro, Duncan Evennou, Benoît Verjat

“… Online images could be considered as traces of the dynamics of social issues. Concurrently, the same images are enrolled in vast algorithmic infrastructures. …”
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Conceptions intuitives des notions de justice et de liberté : résultats d'une étude au collège dans le cours d'enseignement moral et civique by Emmanuel Sander, Géry Marcoux, Anouchka Wyss, Stéphanie Naud, Calliste Scheibling-Sève, Hippolyte Gros, Katarina Gvozdic

“…However, it is also becoming increasingly clear that intuitive conceptions can hinder reflections and decision-making about social issues. Thus, improving one's knowledge of existing conceptions of essential notions in citizenship education such as justice and freedom should make it possible to go beyond one's preconceived ideas and shift one's perspec-tive. …”
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The Social Consequences and Experiences of Drug Abuse in Women by Hossein Yahyazadeh Pirsaraee, marjan kiani

“…Addiction and substance abuse are one of the social issues that are constantly on the rise. The consequences and damage that the family and the society bear as a result of women’s drug addiction is far more profound than that of men. …”
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Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture by Yew, Ming Jie

“…Using this framework to examine selected instances of cancel culture in Singapore, this paper establishes that while public conversations are necessary to address social issues, there should also be limits to such discussions to ensure that vulnerable communities are not further disadvantaged.…”
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Social and economic impact of foreign labour on Singapore by Keng Lee Chen, Lee Chin Hwoi, Loke Lee Yin

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Sentiment analysis for points of interest : a point of interest recommendation system based on “W4” recommendation model by Li, Pengfei

“…How to profile users based on Point of Interests (POI), and how to provide customized services to users have become practical social issues with huge potential commercial values. …”
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American Dream as Seen in Will Eisner�s Dropsie Avenue:The Neighborhood by , SAECHOL MUAD, , Dra. Ni Gusti Ayu Roselani, MA.

“…These book present a theme of American Dream and its social issues: corruption, nepotism, greed, racism, anti Semitism, depression, immigration, violence, and crime together with the portrays of the historical metamorphosis of a single New York Street and its people, the saga of the death and rebirth of a neighbourhood where the society built a city and a nation. …”

Throwing a curve at SRI research: A new pitch at an old debate by Barnett, M, Salomon, R

“…Certainly, events of late would suggest that although firms, by and large, are now more responsive to a variety of social issues, they are not moral entities, and should not be viewed as such. …”

Decentralising natural resource governance in Ghana: Critical reflections on the artisanal and small-scale mining sector by Hirons, M

“…The sector, while providing valuable employment in rural areas, is beleaguered by environmental and social issues. Proponents of decentralisation argue that re-distributing decision-making authority leads to more responsive, transparent and efficient natural resource management. …”

The duty to safeguard adults from abuse by Dunn, M, Holland, A, Clare, I

“…Here, we outline ethical, legal and social issues raised by current procedures for adult safeguarding in England and consider proposals for policy reform alongside parallel developments in the law in Scotland. …”

Moral Education In Tamil Primary Schools In Malaysia: A Look Into Reality by Balakrishnan, Vishalache, Shoniah, Supramani

“…The social issues and gangsterism rates among Indian adolescents have been in the rise in Malaysia over the last decade (Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Polis Diraja Malaysia, 2003). …”
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The role of social entrepreneurship in Malaysia: a preliminary analysis by Mohd Adnan, Raudah, Wan Yusoff, Wan Fauziah, Ghazali, Norliza

“…Social entrepreneurship involves the application of traditional entrepreneurial principles into context and focuses on social issues. Despite growing rapidly and attracting increased attentions in many developed countries, social entrepreneurship still can be considered new and in fact the activities are still at ground-level within the Malaysian context. …”