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| A question or situation that involves thoughtful, well-informed, well-meaning people in honest and sincere dialogue that may lead to different conclusions about how to respond. |
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| An indiviual's opinion about a matter, based on his or her personal experience. |
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| A group's opinion about a matter that has developed because of the group's experience. |
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| The process that is making the world's citizens increasingly interdependent, economically, socially, politically, environmentally, and technoloically. |
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| Circumstances or surroundings. |
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| Someone to whom others look as an example to emulate. |
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| A group to which a person belongs and identifies with. |
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| Transnational Corporation (TNC) |
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| A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its porducts, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country. Also called a multinational sorporation. |
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| Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities. |
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| Variety in plant and animal species. |
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| a trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result of globalization. |
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| change as a result of contact with other cultural groups. |
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| an inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintiain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society. |
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| the absorption of a minority group by a dominant group. |
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| a process through which unique cultures regain a sense of indenity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs. |
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| Ideas and information spread for the purpose of acieving a specific goal. |
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| A short form for 'popular culture,' which is the culture of the people. This term often refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media. |
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| The spread of culture, trends, customs, and practices around the world. |
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| the blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption. |
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| Laws passed by a government to prevent a group's cultural identiy - including its artists, performers, songs, movies, and literature - from being over whelmed by the media of a more dominant culture. |
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| Variety in cultures and identities. |
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