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Issue 1 Vocabulary
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Criminology
10th Grade
09/28/2011

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Issue
Definition
a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law.
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Point of view
Definition
A way people look at things in their point of view.
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Perspective
Definition
A groups opinion about a maatter that has deveolped because of the groups experiance.
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Globalization
Definition
the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.
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Identity
Definition
Individuals way of expressing himself to make who he is.
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Context
Definition
the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.
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Role Model
Definition
Some one whom others look as an example to emulate
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Collective
Definition
A gropu of which a pesron berlongs to and identifies with.
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Transnational Corporation
Definition
A company that is based in oner contry while devoloping and manufacturing its products, or delivering goods and services in more than one country.
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Media Concentration
Definition
The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of large corporations.
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Media Convergence
Definition
The use of electronic technology to intergrate media such as newspapers, books,tv,and the internet.
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Economies of scale
Definition
Savings that are achieved by producing, using,and buying things in large qualities.
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Biodiversity
Definition
Devercity between life forms.
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Homogenization
Definition
The erasing of diffrences. When this term is applied to people,is often refered to the erasing of caulture diffrences so that people become more simalar.
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Acculturation
Definition
The caultre changes that occures when two caultues accomodates, or adapts to, each others worldviews.
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Accommodation
Definition
A prosses that occurs when people from diffrent caultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another.The customs, traditions, belives and languages of both calurest may be affected .
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Assimilation
Definition
A prosses that occurs when people from diffrent caultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. Both cultures may be affected.
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Cultural Revitalization
Definition
The prosses of affirming and promoting peoples individuials and collective cultures identity.
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Digital Devide
Definition
The gap that separates people who do not have access to up to date digital technology.
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Propaganda
Definition
Ideas and information pread for the puepose of achieving a specific goal.
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Pop cultures
Definition
A short form of popular cultures, witch is calture of people
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Universalization
Definition
The spread of cultures, trends, customs, and practice around the world.
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Hybirdization
Definition
The combining of elements of two or more diffrent things to create something new.
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Culture Content Laws
Definition
Laws passed by a government to prevent a groups caltural identity.
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Culture Diversity
Definition
Vriety in cultures and identities.
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