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COM101 Exam 3
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Communication
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11/27/2011

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Term
spec script
Definition
writing sample, calling card
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syndication
Definition
the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network,
Term
televisoin sweeps
Definition
the prime rating periods that networks use to set advertising rates--november, february, may, and july.
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pr categories
Definition
corporate public relations
agency pr
gov't pr
nonprofit ngo activist pr
Term
communication studies
Definition
academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass media outlets such as television broadcasting. Communication studies, as a discipline, is also often interested in how audiences interpret information and the political, cultural, economic, and social dimensions of speech and language in context.

Math, etc.
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film studies
Definition
study film history, theory, and criticism, as well as the basics of film production.

Watch and scrutinize a subject.
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sports communication
Definition
Term
family communication qualities
Definition
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writing scripts
Definition
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film v movie v cinema
Definition
Cinema is naturalized. Vast knowledge of film history and its cannon, aesthetics, understanding, etc. Composition and Contemplation.

Film=how things are, to confirm, revise, reject those assumptions
Term
what is news?
Definition
"when man bites dog"
an event that affects the public in some way
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objectivity
Definition
Associated Press, politically neutral because different papers with different viewpoints
Term
muckrakers
Definition
ex. Ida Minerva Tarbell, Upton Sinclair.

pioneered investigative reporting of corrupt practices and problems in govt or business
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personalization
Definition
we can personalize shit
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business of journalism
Definition
loss of revenues, changing.
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corporate public relations
Definition
no primary mission, varies, depends on companies and their aims in regard to consumer appeal
investor relations, etc.

Release of quarterly and annual financial results and providing timely info to shareholders regarding any event that meets the definition of materiality (event that could have a positive or negative impact on company's share price)

media relations, internal relations, global, and issues management

focused on a single industry or line of business, more limited career path, more strategic focus
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agency PR
Definition
area of expertise with long-term service for a client or within an industry, work as expert prescribers resolving problems and crises as an outside consultant resolving problems and crises, return to agency once crisis is solved.
Media relations, issues management, crises management, brand building, event planning, corporate reputation work.
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government/ public affairs
Definition
gov't relations--branch of pr that helps an organization communicate with governmental publics. More organization to govt.
public affairs--type of pr that helps an organization interact with the govt, legislators, interest groups, and media. More external, everyday life


public policy issues--those with potential of maturing into govt regulation
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nonprofit/ ngo/ activist pr
Definition
nonprofit-exist in order to educate, fund research, advocate, or lobby on behalf of a public initiative, public interest.
involves lobbying govt, rely heavily on member
relations and fundraising or development
NGOS, nongovernmental organizations
soft power groups, do not hold political appointees of
govt agencies, no profit motivation
Often form around social issues ro causes to act in
concert with govt but not be controlled by it,
demonstrate goodwill
Activist groups
special interest groups that arise around an
organization in order to establish some type of change
Comes from everyday citizens

To deal with activist groups is best to engage them in a give and take or symmetrical dialogue to discover issues then resolve conflict.
Term
issues management, model
Definition
the process through which an organization manages its policy and identifies potential problems, issues, or trends that could impact it in the future. Long term, problem solving, platform of fact and value. Autonomy for organization, so it can allocate resources. Build relationships with the public

1. Issue identification
2. issue analysis
3. change options
4. action program
Term
integrative decisions
Definition
an individual balances tensions between opposing variables.
Term
advertising
Definition
when people selling the product pay for time or space to enable them to bring the message in a specific unalterable form to audience

Identifies a product, service, or idea, differentiates it from related ones, associates it with things we value and induces us to participate.

Classified by product, whether or not time is purchased (commercials) or provided by outlet as community service(PSA), type of info, type of appeals, types of regulations (advocacy and psa)
Term
ad placement
Definition
advertisers pay->we pay and ads pay-> we skip ads

Product placement

Blurring Program and Ad Content so viewers think it's programming not the ad
Term
traditional advertising
Definition
Product ads
Product as ad
service ads
goodwill ads
advocacy ads
direct response ads (infomercials)
political
issue advocacy (argue for or against, etc)
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nontraditional advertising
Definition
in store
digital billboards, so messages can change
search advertising, online
sponsored links, contextual advertising
spam
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advocacy ads v psa
Definition
advocacy-when the company as a good citizen takes a position on a public policy in an ad
psa-not aired in purchased time or space, to convey noncontroversial information to the public. Producers do not pay, so they cannot control placement.
Term
spam
Definition
must have 2 way relationship as of 04. senders must have valid us postal address.
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ads revealing advertisers
Definition
commercials are required tags that identify the author
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ads revealing intended audience
Definition
visual, verbal, association, etc.
characters in commercials identify with audience.
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advertising stereotypes
Definition
simplified, innacurate conceptions.

Make it possible to form generalizations about a person or character without requiring a lot of evidence. The less time tv producers have to communicate a message, the more likely they are to rely on stereotypes, often implausible to avoid offense.
Term
advertising values
Definition
advertising embeds assumptions not directly related to the products being advertised.

tv creates expectations in us a lll about class of society.

Audiencce is not deciding whether or not to buy a product, but which brand to buy.
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interplay of news and advertising
Definition
messages --> impressions
ads correlate with news/

cholesterol scare--cheerios!
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impact of content on society
Definition
mean world syndrome, expectations, etc.
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Nielsen ratings
Definition
see what is and isn't being watched, but no way to tell what is or isn't liked.
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critical acclaim
Definition
the network brass believed in it (if ratings weren't high)
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affiliates
Definition
networks have them, smaller stations in every market. often ownwned and operated by the network
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sitcom renaissance
Definition
70s
MTM Mary Tyler Moore show-workplace family etc.
Norman Lear-all in the family
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Sitcom structure and Content
Definition
conservative-analysis at level of situation, episodic.
progressive-analysis at level of character
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theater of mind
Definition
radio, listeners use imagination to create pictures
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storytelling with sound
Definition
• Narrative
• Character-driven
• Not just what, but why. Character’s motivation
• Sound
Term
agenda setting
Definition
o Salience of issues influences
o First-level agenda (recession, etc)
o Second-level agenda (accompany portrayal of first)
• Influence first
o What level stays with voters. (second)
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mean world syndrome
Definition
perceptions based on media
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cultivation
Definition
exposure to media-->view most expressed by heaviest users
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PR
Definition
• Helps and organizes and its publics adapt mutual to each other
• The art and social science of analyzing trends, predicting their consequences, counseling organizational leaders, and implementing planned programs of action, which will serve both the organization and the public interest.
• Planned effort to influence public opinion through mutually satisfactory, two-way, socially responsible performance and communication based on mutually satisfactory two-way communication
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Four step model of PR
Definition
• Research-problem?
• Planning-what do we do about problem?
• Action-fix
• Evaluation-how did we do?
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Jim Grunig's model of PR
Definition
one way-publicity
two way-asymmetric, symmetric (feedback is crucial)
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Traditional PR Communication Model--don't memorize
Definition
• Communication
• Awareness
• Interest
• Research
• Trial
• Evaluation
• Partial Adoption
• Adoption
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Behavioral PR Communication Model---don't memorize
Definition
• Communication
• Awareness
• Latent readiness
• Triggering event
• Intermediate behavior
• Potential relationship opportunities
• Opinion leaders
• Communication
• Ultimate desired behavior
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PR involves
Definition
public speaking, internal com, event planning, communitry relations, social media, product com, online com, crisis management, etc.
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Power of Advertising--don't memorize
Definition
• Connects with people
• Create dialogue
• Create awareness
• Create brand image
• Change perception
• Create emotional bond
• Motivate consumers
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interpersonal communication
Definition
contextual: between tow people, exchange of info
Developmental: making connection, relationship
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types of interpersonal communication
Definition
task-oriented
relationship-oriented
image-oriented
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fundamental attribution error
Definition
Perception problem.
Once we get to know someone, we are no longer as perceptive as we used to be.
Term
Motives of Interpersonal Communication
Definition
Affection
Inclusion
Power
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Six Influences of Interpersonal Exchange
Definition
Dean Barnlund

self
other
other's perception of you
your perception of other's perception of you
other's perception of your perception of him or her
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Perception Influences
Definition
availability
primacy/regency
perceptual actualization (assign characteristic we week)
generalizing/ stereotyping
levels of disclosure
Term
Levels of Disclosure
Definition
amount
intimacy
valence-negative or positive
intent
veracity
Term
Johari Window
Definition
Interpersonal Disclosure Model

arena-known to all
blind spot-known to others
facade-known to self not others
unknown
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Expectations of Disclosure
Definition
norm of reciprocity
norm of temporal sequence
pausation/phonation ration
speech on set latency
Term
Knapp's model of relationship development
Definition
COMING TOGETHER, growth stages
o Initiation
o Experimenting
o Intensifying
o Integrating (us, we)
o Bonding (ex. Marriage)
RELATIONAL MAINTENANCE
COMING APART
o Differentiating- can be the ultimate growth stage, mostly not
• separate, but together. Lose identity
o Circumscribing-annoyed
o Stagnating-where amount of disclosure is almost nothing. Stay for the sake of easiness.
o Avoiding
o Terminating

Required stages
o Initiation
o Terminating
Term
Edward Muybridge
Definition
late 1800s, panorama, illusion of continuity
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Edward Muybridge
Definition
late 1800s, panorama, illusion of continuity
Term
Chronophotographic cameras
Definition
successive frames, shutter (interval of blackness in exposure of each frame coated with light-sensitive emulsion), recorded frame after frame from 10-40 frames per second
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persistence of vision
Definition
persistent afterimages, human eye perceives individual frames as a continuous motion
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Thomas Edison's Kinetograph
Definition
kinetograph-recording images
kinetoscope-viewing
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cinematographe
Definition
Lumiere brothers, record and project.
How to ensure the film advances at a uniform rate to resynthesize the recorded image.
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prints and negatives, films
Definition
decomposing or bursting into flame, fading or melting into illegibility. 80% silent films are lost.
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different forms of cinema
Definition
talkies, color, widescreen formats. gauges (8mm for home, 36 mmm theaters, 65mm imax), storage technology, etc.
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Cinema's dynamism
Definition
capacity to arrange and rearrange time and motion, reveals its dimensions that are social, historical, industrial, etc.

Cinema reflects and shapes history.
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montage
Definition
Einstein theory of combination.
Directs or restricts the viewer
s attention through editing. limiting capacity for contemplation, finding gaps or loose associations
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study of film
Definition
analysis, cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, sound, narrative, how films solicit our attention and responses.
Test assumptions
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tie ins
Definition
product placements, ties to other commodities
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commercial narrative
Definition
many films tell stories, chain of events in cause-and-effect relationship cinema
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experimental film
Definition
avant-garde, non-narrative. Mind altercation, rejection, art.
Term
stock/found footage
Definition
explore social consequences of technological innovation and challenge complacency
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Hollywood, films
Definition
"Dream Factory"-Hortense Powdermaker

Largest film industry is India, Bollywood

National film industries have never been pure
Term
blockbusters
Definition
expensive and widely promoted super productions, used tot combat with television
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film stars
Definition
Laemmle, Lawrence Baggot
stardom= motive of pleasure
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deep space
Definition
combination of deep focus, or maintaining many planes of action in focus simultaneously...?
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nature of cinematic expression
Definition
Bazin, positioning on the classic analytical scale would lead to a judgement of the director's political/philosophical value. Related to neorealism, stuff ad Rossellini
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mise-en-scene
Definition
placement and movement of actors and objects within a frame....related to motifs
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journalism's purpose
Definition
comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable

surveillance, correlation, cultural transmission, (and mobilizing the public)
Term
pseudo-events in journalism
Definition
press conferences, other staged events. Influence the news.
Term
soft news day
Definition
not much has happened, air human interest stories.
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penny press
Definition
mass distribution of newspapers, early 19th century.
Before that, editors relied on news brought to their offices. Now, need to apply to larger audience, more news
Term
James Gordon Bennett
Definition
journalism, NY Herald, founded staples such as editorials, public affairs reporting, financial page.
Term
1800s rsie in various minority or ethnic papers
Definition
Mary Shadd Cary-First african american woman to edit a newspaper.

Ida B. Wells-born a slave, secretary of Afro-American Press Association late 1800s
Term
sensational journalism
Definition
news that exaggerated or featured lurid details and depictions

William Randolph Hearst, SFExaminer and NYJournal
-not always true, but enjoyable.
Joseph Pulitzer, NYWorld, etc
-illustrations, racy stule, colorful headlnes. Public service journalism and accurate reporting. Yellow Journalism
Term
Edward R Murrow
Definition
1950s, broadcasting dramatic radio reports from London during WWII and then popular CBS news tv programs--television distracts, deludes, amuses, and insulates us
Term
electronic news gathering
Definition
equipment allowed journalists to capture and send videotaped news by satellite, influenced nature of video storytelling and 24 hour cable news operations
Term
Hutchins Commission
Definition
Free and Responsible Press, 1947.

The public has a right to information that affects it and the press has a responsibility to present that information. With that comes morals.
Term
separation of editorial and business
Definition
ensures news coverage is not influenced by business decisions or advertisers who threaten to stop advertising if they don't like the coverage of an issue
Term
fairness and balance in journalism
Definition
replaced goal of objectivity
people cannot be unbiased--objectivity is only a mask

Must present both sides, but can give more attention to more popular or important sides.
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framing in journalism
Definition
often frame before then make the story fir into that frame

cannot be avoided
Term
news hole
Definition
more to be filled, due to technology and 24-hour news
Term
interpretive reporting
Definition
explain the story by placing facts into broader context, opened door to variety of styles.

new journalism-pov, etc.
literary journalism- muckraking, slow pace
advocacy- tied to reform
Term
alternative journalism
Definition
radical journalism
audience--working class
problem--advertisers didn't want to associate
Term
public journalism
Definition
civic journalism
early 1990s
watchdog role, citizenry
trust
Term
citizen journalism
Definition
blogging, etc.

not political or radical agenda
Term
24 hour news cycle
Definition
no embargo (holding) because of competition
Term
shashdot effect
Definition
when mentioned on a popular blog, the site can crash
Term
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
Definition
ensures that journalism is practiced professionally and ethically and is fulfilling its role in society

Test accuracy, don't misrepresent, etc.
Term
specialized journalism types
Definition
business and financial
arts and ent.
sports
health or medical
science and technology
environmental
Term
media spotlight effect
Definition
intense coverage for a short time
Term
Types of interpersonal relationships
Definition
family
friendship
romantic
online
Term
relational networking
Definition
web of relationships connecting people
Term
friendship
Definition
availability
caring
hoensty
trust
loyalty
empathy
Term
romantic relationship
Definition
love-deep affection for ad attachment, with varying passion, commitment, or intimacy
Term
online relationships
Definition
hyperpersonal, lacks verbal cues and stuff
Term
functions of relationships
Definition
COMPANIONSHIP-need for, long to be included. lack of can be damaging psychologically
STIMULATION-nobody wants to be bored
ACHIEVING GOALS
Term
Issues that influence the likelihood of establishing particular relationships
Definition
PROXEMITY - must be physically there to be healthy usually'
PHYSICAL ATTRACTION
SIMILARITY
Term
Similarity hypotheses
Definition
Attraction-similarity hypothesis---extent we project ourselves onto others influences attraction to them

Matching hypothesis--seek relationships with those who have comparable attractiveness

Genetic-similarity hypothesis---attracted to same ethnic group
Term
social exchange of costs and benefits
Definition
balancing advantages and disadvantages of a relationship

Relatinoships begin, grow, develop, and deteriorate based on this
Term
Rewards, in regard to social exchange of costs and benefits
Definition
extrinsic--things you gain from association with another person
instrumental--resources and favors (living together)
intrinsic--result from intimacy (trust, safety)
Term
uncertainty reduction theory
Definition
Charles Berger and Richard Calabrese

When two people meet, their main focus is on decreasing the uncertainty that lies between them, then become better at predicting what the other will say. Obtain information about each other.
Term
Ways to reduce uncertainty
Definition
MONITORING--allows you to observe and evaluate people as they go about
PROACTIVE STRATEGIES--more direct, involve direct and indirect questioning
INDIRECT STRATEGIES--when issues are too sensitive to be brought up
Term
Relational Dialects Theory
Definition
Dialectical tensions arise when opposing or conflicting goals exist in a relationship

autonomy v. connection
openness v. closedness
predictability v. novelty
Term
social penetration theory
Definition
how partners move their relationships from superficial levels to levels of intimacy, like shrek.

interpersonal disclosure
superficial, intimate, personal, core
breadth-->depth
Term
communication privacy management theory
Definition
Sandra Petronio
how people perceive the information they hold about themselves and how they disclose or protect it
Term
Relationship repair tactics
Definition
improve communication, etc.

reconcilliation--rekindle.
Spontaneuous develiopment
third party mediation
high affect
tacit persistence-one refuses to give up
mutual interaction
avoidance-miss each other
Term
Termination
Definition
positive tone messages -fatalism, compromise, fair
deescalation-promise of friendship
withdrawal or avoidance
justification-emphasize positive outcome of breaking up
negative identity management-emphasize enjoyment of life, nonnegotiation
Term
Types of Love
Definition
eros-erotic, sexual
ludus-playful, casual
storge-lacks passion
pragma-committed, practical
mania-intense, romantic
agape-selfless, romantic
Term
media relations
Definition
facilitate flow of information to and from organizations to publics outside its boundaries
Term
key message
Definition
The primary words, impressions or feelings we convey in our advertising and marketing and pr
Term
issues management, steps
Definition
1. identify public issues and friends in public expectations
scan environment, track trends, develop forecasts,
identify trends and issues of interest to organization
2. evaluate impact and set priorities
assess impacts and probability of recurrence
prepare for further analysis
3. conduct research and analysis
categorize, ensure priorities, involve functional areas,
develop and analyze position options
4. develop strategy
analyze position and strategy options, decide on
position and strategy, integrate with overall business
strategy
5. implement strategy
disseminate, develop tactics, develop alliances, link
with internal and external communication networks
6. evaluate strategy
assess results, modify implementation plans, conduct
additional research
Term
issue forecasting
Definition
monitoring for emerging issues and predicting the future importance of issues
Term
lobbying process
Definition
research, knowledge, policies formulated through issues management are communicated to legislative public

related to public affairs and govt relations
Term
three goals of rhetoric
Definition
teach, delight, move action. Romans
Term
family
Definition
small social group bonded by ties of good, civil contract, and commitment to car for and be responsible for one another. First and most basic.
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