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14 Cards in this Set
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constructing realities
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ritual construction and representation; faith in reality; hypothesizing about reality and our cultural expierence (we are all intellectuals)
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critics of existence
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if we understand that reality is produced, then we can question it and transform it (we can become critics of existence)
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reading the signs
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symbolic resources, cultural signs, one cultural ritual is telling ourselves stories of ourselves, looking for the dominant languages in a culture and finding out whose interests are more served
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the industrialization of meaning
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the more brought about by the new media technology is a repetition of beliveable sterotypes rather then more varied versions of reality. These serve business and political interests more then our own interests.
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fabrication
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no important difference between fabrication and reality
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flood
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moreness, quantity, overexposure, surface, information overload
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finitude
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the desperation of orginality, ideas giving way to sensation
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fast
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speed, busyness, urgency, and stress is the way that reality feels; constant contact; no time for the slowness and solitude of life necessary to be a critic of existence
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tv teaches us to
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move on, sensation becomes a habit that constitutes the structure of our culture
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communication is
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relational and participatory
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relationships are
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negotations of vales, marked by stake and power (todd kelshaw)
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these value negations are on both local levels and social levels that are
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intertwined with each other.
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deliberation is
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reflecting carefully on a matter
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deliberation is a
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self reinforcing process
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