sites including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and explore how their evolution is affecting political participation. Using the historical examples of Arab Spring, the Hong Kong protest of 2014, the Quebec student strikes of 2012, and the recent Canadian Federal Election, we will highlight the importance of social media and its uses to influence and encourage political participation during each event. Evolution of social media since 2000 The expansion of the Internet during the 21st century
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strong armies/navies to decide issues - Germany began to build up their armies - European nations became alarmed by others military power - Each country tried to build larger/more powerful war machines; new technology Alliance System: Alliances- groups formed in Europe to support each other in attack - War between two nations would involve more than one country - Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France - Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Metropolitan College a college of further education but also a constituent part of a federal university, for example King's College London, one of the founding colleges of University of London Secondary education In some national education systems, secondary schools may be called "colleges" or have "college" as part of their title. In Australia the term "college" is applied to any private or independent primary and, especially, secondary school as distinct from a state school. Melbourne Grammar
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National Flag：Maple Leaf National anthem：O Canada Capital：Ottawa Largest City：City of Toronto National Day：July 1 National Tree：maple Official Language：English and French Religion：天主教（Catholicism）基督教（Christianity） 2.Geography ❖ Geographical Terms Canadian Shield加拿大地盾 Mount Logan洛根峰——the highest peak in Canada the Mackenzie River马更些河——the longest river in Canada Saint Lawrence River圣劳伦斯河——the most important river in North America ❖ The Great Lakes 苏必利尔湖（Lake Superior） 休伦湖（Lake Huron） 密歇根湖（Lake Michigan）
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and transparent, they confer credibility and legitimacy on the outcome. However, Nigeria's electoral history has always been marred by various levels of violence with grave implications for the polity. Since return of democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria, has conducted elections in 2003, 2007, 2011 but with an ever increasing rise in electoral violence. The April 2011 elections, which benefitted from the electoral reform efforts of President Yar ‗Adua, and was considered the most credible since the return
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response to government failure without legitimate avenues of resistance. Mexico now hangs in the balance, unable to reform due to persistent insecurity, and unable to reestablish the balance of economic prosperity which had allowed the authoritarian system to exist. Section I: Failed democratization Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the PRI had an effective
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island of Malta. Modern linguistics distinguishes territorial variants of a national language and local dialects. Variants of a language are regional varieties of a standard literary language characterized by some minor peculiarities in the sound system, vocabulary and grammar and by their own literary norms. Standard English – the official language of Great Britain taught at schools and universities, used by the press, the radio and the television and spoken by educated people may be defined as
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY People Expect More From Corporations > Chris Komisarjevsky, CEO, Burson Marsteller Worldwide And so I think we’re sort of in this shifting moment where people expect corporations to provide the financial return. But they’re, now they’re saying give me something more. Make sure that you behave in a manner. You actually behave in a manner that we can respect and we want to have some kind of relationship. Either we’re going to invest in your company, buy the products, go to work
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In any political system are structures that have different functions to ensure an effective and smooth running of things in that particular political system. This is why this essay will discuss the problems faced by opposition political parties in Zambia using the structural functionalist theory. First it will explain what structural functionalism is, then it will define structures, functions, a political party and an opposition party then before giving the conclusion it will discuss the problems
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THE MEDIUM WHICH LEADS LIVES: TV The Initiative Media (1997) stated that in Turkey, “The average television viewing time is 300 min per day, compared to 180 min average television viewing in Europe (cited in Uray&Burnaz, 2003). As it is inferred from the statistics, television is one of the leading mediums of media; thereby it has a formidable force on society. It can easily leave an impression on society and shape audience’s ideas about any issue such as gender roles and the social mores. As TV’s
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