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social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > types of communication > mass communication

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mass communication  

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  • The transfer of ideas, information, and symbolic content to a large number of people in dispersed locations, usually at the same time. It is contrasted with face-to-face or individual communication acts. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Mass Communication]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HKVTP356-F

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