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| question or situation that involves thoughtful, well-informed, and well-meaning people in honest and sincere dialogue that may lead to different conclusions about how to respond |
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| a manner of viewing things by an individual based on an a personal experience |
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| a group's opinion about a matter that has developed because of the group experience |
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| the process that is making the world's citizens increasingly interdependent economicaly, socially, politically, environmentally, and technologically |
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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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| corporations that operate in two or more countries; also people who are citizens of more than one country |
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| the gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations |
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| the use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspaper, books, TV, and the internet |
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| savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities |
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| variety of plants and animal species |
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| the erasing of differences. when this term is applied to people it often refers to the erasing of cultural differences so that people become more and more similiar |
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| the culrtual changes that occur when two cultures accomodate or adapt to eachother's worldviews |
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| a process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture. the cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture |
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| a process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. the customs, traditions, technologies, beliefs, and languages of both cultures may be affected. |
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| the process of affirming and promoting people's individual and collective cultural identity |
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| The gap that seperates people who do and do not have access to up to date digital technology |
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| ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal |
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| a short form of "popular culture", which is the culture for 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 combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new |
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| laws passed by a government to prevent a group's cultural identity including it's artits, performers, songs, movies and literature from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture |
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| variety in cultures and identities |
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