abstract: the national identity is one of the most essential components of define any person from self and play a crucial role in contemporary world equations. the nature of national identity in any society depends on its status and the constructive dimensions and consequently the nature of its status and the constructive dimensions will have different results in various societies. therefore, u...

This research explains and analyzes the value changes among the youth (15-29) years of age living in Mazandaran (Northern Iran). The survey, the quessionare and interview were used and after gathering the data, the whole research was statistically analyzed. The framework theory was including such as functionalism, structuralism, conflict and symbolic interactions. The data show that there are s...

Three of the most important uses of the Internet today are as an economic marketplace, as a forum for social interaction, and as a source of information. In this paper, we explore how these three activities come together, in the form of emergent social communities built around information exchanges within IT-enabled electronic marketplaces. Drawing on social identity theory, we suggest that the...

This thesis tries to provide valuable insight and explain the role of identity perceptions on security as a means to avert conflicts and security threats. The aim is to provide an identity based explanation to security problems. Constructivism and „social identity theory‟ are its theoretical points of departure which help us understand how we construct social identities and have the tendency to...

Invoking a theoretical framework situated at the intersection of humanistic accounts of social identity construction, cognition linguistics research, and digital media technologies, the Advanced Identity Representation (AIR) Project develops theory and technology for users to represent complex, dynamic social identities in digital media such as virtual worlds and social networking sites. Here, ...

Most investigation into climate adaptation to date has focused on specific technological interventions and socio-economic aspects of adaptive capacity. New perspectives posit that socio-cognitive factors may be as or more important in motivating individuals to take adaptive actions. Recent research indicates that incorporating insights from motivation theory can enhance theorization of adaptive...