Vocabulary readiness for Unit 5

unwitting
British Pronunciation
/ʌnˈwɪt.ɪŋ/
American Pronunciation
/ʌnˈwɪt̬.ɪŋ/
Unwittingly, these students [who log onto Facebook] have become the subjects of academic research.
holy grail
British Pronunciation
/ˌhoʊli ˈɡreɪl/
American Pronunciation
/ˌhoʊli ˈɡreɪl/
One of the holy grails of social science is the degree to which taste determines friendship.
cusp
British Pronunciation
/kʌsp/
American Pronunciation
/kʌsp/
We're on the cusp of a new way of doing social science.
predecessor
British Pronunciation
/ˈpriː.dɪ.ses.ər/
American Pronunciation
/ˈpred.ə.ses.ɚ/
Our predecessors could only dream of the kind of data we have now.
irresistible
British Pronunciation
/ˌɪr.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
American Pronunciation
/ˌɪr.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
Facebook's status has made it an irresistible subject for many types of academic research.
petri dish
British Pronunciation
/ˌpiː.tri ˈdɪʃ/
American Pronunciation
/ˌpiː.tri ˈdɪʃ/
Facebook [has a] role as a petri dish for the social sciences.
popularity
British Pronunciation
/ˌpɒp.jʊˈlær.ɪ.ti/
American Pronunciation
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈlær.ə.t̬i/
Institutions are mining Facebook to test theories about... popularity.
collective
British Pronunciation
/kəˈlek.tɪv/
American Pronunciation
/kəˈlɛk.tɪv/
Institutions are mining Facebook to test theories about... collective action.
perceive
British Pronunciation
/pəˈsiːv/
American Pronunciation
/pərˈsiːv/
Researchers learned that people perceive someone who has a high number of friends as popular.
mediate
British Pronunciation
/ˈmiː.di.eɪt/
American Pronunciation
/ˈmiː.di.eɪt/
[A] paper was published in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
perspective
British Pronunciation
/pəˈspek.tɪv/
American Pronunciation
/pərˈspek.tɪv/
Weak ties are likely to provide people with new perspectives.
originate
British Pronunciation
/əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.neɪt/
American Pronunciation
/əˈrɪdʒ.ə.neɪt/
Facebook is largely based in real-world relationships that originate in confined communities like campuses.
ethnicity
British Pronunciation
/eθˈnɪs.ɪ.ti/
American Pronunciation
/eθˈnɪs.ə.ti/
Facebook is not representative of the ethnicity...of the population at large.
at large
British Pronunciation
/æt lɑːdʒ/
American Pronunciation
/æt lɑrdʒ/
Facebook is not representative of the ethnicity...of the population at large.
have a place
British Pronunciation
/hæv ə pleɪs/
American Pronunciation
/hæv ə pleɪs/
I don't feel academic research has a place on the website like Facebook
internist
British Pronunciation
/ˈɪn.tə.nɪst/
American Pronunciation
/ˈɪn.tɚ.nɪst/
Dr. Christakis is a sociologist and internist.
obesity
British Pronunciation
/əʊˈbiː.sɪ.ti/
American Pronunciation
/oʊˈbiː.sə.ti/
She concluded that the obesity is socially contagious.
contagious
British Pronunciation
/kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/
American Pronunciation
/kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/
She concluded that the Bassett is socially contagious.
triadic
British Pronunciation
/traɪˈæd.ɪk/
American Pronunciation
/traɪˈæd.ɪk/
Georg Simmel put forth the concept of triadic closure about 100 years ago.
adolescent
British Pronunciation
/ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/
American Pronunciation
/ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/
Adolescent girls who are socially isolated experience more suicidal thoughts.