Sentence examples for societal side from inspiring English sources

BUT it was a tad too alternative for Paramount, the studio that released "Brain Candy," the Kids' 1996 movie about the awful societal side effects of a pill that makes everybody frighteningly happy.

Pollock stumbled upon unexpected societal side effects of ubiquitous technology.

On the societal side of stigma consequence, according to attribution theory [ 7], the attribution of obesity to internal factors leads to negative reactions and less empathy and willingness to help the affected individual.

If you don't poke the nose of a capitalist enterprise into a negative "externality" (that is, an anti-societal side effect of its activities) and firmly hold it there, it will deny both the very existence and importance of that externality.

He is preaching to a choir that was converted long ago: Who among the National's constituency wouldn't be on the side of societal betterment and compassion?

The results, let us just say, are not on the side of societal good.

"But the other side of this societal development is that we have a growing underclass that is detached from the phenomenon.

On the demand side, cultural and societal norms, distances to functioning health centres and financial barriers are considered chief constraints; this is similar in other low-income countries [ 15].

Re-reading it recently, I was persuaded again by the depth of Hinton's characterization and her clear-eyed portrayal of teen-age savagery on both sides of the societal divide.

"This is not just a movie for us, it's a message, and who better to have on your side to deliver an important societal and spiritual message than the Pope".

Less than half a century ago, the black clergy was on the side of unpopular rights and societal progress.