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social worlds  

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  • The idiom social worlds indicates several related concepts referring to a group of people accepting, sharing, and united by common worldviews. Worldview is comparable to Weltanschauung, “meaning system,” “belief system,” “patterns of thought,” “perspective,” “perceptual framework,” or “cognitive orientation.” The main concern here is not merely with the intellectual or cognitive aspects of the social worlds but also with the social and subjective domains in which individuals locate and define themselves in relation to others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics; Social Worlds]

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