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A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like
A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripple
Ripple may refer to:
Science and technology
* Capillary wave, commonly known as ripple, a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid
** Ripple, more generally a disturbance, for example of spacetime in gravitational waves
* Ripple (electri ...
s expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it.
The ripple effect is often used colloquially to mean a multiplier in macroeconomics
Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix ''makro-'' meaning "large" + ''economics'') is a branch of economics dealing with performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole.
For example, using interest rates, taxes, an ...
. For example, an individual's reduction in spending reduces the incomes of others and their ability to spend.
In sociology, the ripple effect can be observed in how social interactions can affect situations not directly related to the initial interaction, and in charitable activities where information can be disseminated and passed from community to community to broaden its impact.
The concept has been applied in computer science within the field of software metrics
In software engineering and development, a software metric is a standard of measure of a degree to which a software system or process possesses some property. Even if a metric is not a measurement (metrics are functions, while measurements are t ...
as a complexity measure.
Examples
The Weinstein effect and the rise of the Me Too movement
In October 2017, according to '' The New York Times'' and '' The New Yorker'', dozens of women have accused American film producer Harvey Weinstein, former founder ofMiramax Films
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.
It was initially a lead ...
and The Weinstein Company, of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse for over a period of three decades. Shortly after over eighty accusations, Harvey was dismissed from his own company, expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...
and other professional associations, and even retired from public view. The allegations against him results in the Weinstein effect
The Weinstein effect is a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed. The first of a worldwide wave of allegations were made in the United States in October 2017, when media outlets reported on ...
, a global trend involving a serial number of sexual misconduct allegations towards other famous men in Hollywood such as Louis CK
Louis Alfred Székely (; born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a ...
and Kevin Spacey. The effect lead to the formation of the controversial Me Too movement
#MeToo is a social movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture, in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in ...
, where people share their experiences of sexual harassment/assault.
See also
* Butterfly effect - an effect where a minimal change in one state of a system results in large differences in its later state. *Clapotis
In hydrodynamics, a clapotis (from French for "lapping of water") is a non-breaking standing wave pattern, caused for example, by the reflection of a traveling surface wave train from a near vertical shoreline like a breakwater, seawall or stee ...
- a non-breaking standing wave with higher amplitude than the waves it's composed of.
* Domino effect - an effect where one event sets off a chain of non-incremental other events.
* Snowball effect - an effect where a process starting from an initial state of small significance builds upon itself in time.
References
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