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flow and contra-flow  

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  • The concepts of flow and contra-flow have their origins in discourses about the free expression and flow of ideas. These were prevalent in the era after World War II, when U.S. foreign policy goals incorporated the concept of free flow of information. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Flow and Contra-Flow]

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