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The Times magazine later removed the essay from its website, with a statement that editors had "confronted the photographer and determined that most of the images did not wholly reflect the reality they purported to show". [14] Martins denied that he had warrantied to the Times that the photos had been free from manipulation.
Examples of items in Podsakoff et al.'s (1990) scale include: Obeys company rules and regulations even when no one is watching. Attends meetings that are not mandatory, but are considered important. Mindful of how his/her behavior affects other people's jobs. Willingly helps others who have work related problems.
In political science, political apathy is a lack of interest or apathy towards politics. [1] This includes voter apathy, information apathy [2] and lack of interest in elections, political events, public meetings, and voting. [3] Voter apathy is a lack of interest among voters in the elections of representative democracies.
Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. [1] A person may be described as apolitical if they are uninterested or uninvolved in politics. [2] Being apolitical can also refer to situations in which people take an unbiased position in regard to political matters. [3]
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement.It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
Civil discourse is "the free and respectful exchange of different ideas". [11] Eight out of 10 Americans believe that the lack of civil discourse in the political system is a serious problem. [ 12 ] Eighty-two percent of American respondents to a 2011 survey felt that political advertisements were too "nasty" and 72 percent believed that ...
Putnam used bowling as an example to illustrate this; although the number of people who bowled had increased in the last 20 years, the number of people who bowled in leagues had decreased. If people bowled alone, they did not participate in the social interaction and civic discussions that might occur in a league environment. [1]
For example, a protester may be motivated by a desire to increase awareness about an injustice and intend to block traffic on a street, and it is the intention, rather than the motivation, that is criminally significant. Hence the saying that "if there is any possible justification of civil disobedience, it must come from outside the legal system."