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| The ability to understand and make productive use of the media |
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| The analysis used to assess the effects of media on individuals, societies, and cultures. |
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| The process of humans sharing messages |
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| Messages that return from the recipient to the source. |
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| Anything that interferes with the communication process. |
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| Messages conveyed through an interposed device rather than face-to-face. |
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| An interposed device used to transmit messages. Plural of medium. |
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| Mediated messages transmitted to large, widespread audiences. (Anyone sharing information with any audience) |
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| Mediated Interpersonal Communication |
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| The sharing of personal messages through an interposed device. |
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| The merging of technologies, industries, and content, especially within the realms of computer, telephone, and mass media. |
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| The displacement of a nation's customs with those of another country. |
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| Savings that accrue with mass production. |
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| A combination in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts. |
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| Promoting a product in one form to sell it in some other form. |
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| The acquisition of the same type of business in more than one market area by one company. |
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| Large companies that own many different types of businesses |
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| A business model in which a company owns different parts of the same industry. |
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| Laws that prohibit monopolistic practices in restraint of trade. |
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| Corporate growth through the acquisition of different types of businesses. |
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| An economic situation in which one company dominates an entire industry |
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| An economic situation in which a small number of companies dominate an entire industry |
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| An individual who invests the time and money to start a new business |
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| Any act that prohibits an act of expression from being made public |
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| The press as an unofficial fourth branch of the government. |
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| A relationship in which two parties contend with or oppose each other. In the US, the media are expected to have an adversarial relationship with the government so that they can serve a watchdog role. |
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| The part of the US constitution's Bill of Rights that guarantees freedom of speech. |
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| Prevention of publication by the goverment. |
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| Those who determine what messages will be delivered to media consumers. |
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