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community (sociology)  

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  • Community is a much-used term in communication research and theorizing, occurring in a variety of everyday senses and as a central concept in several intellectual traditions. As an ordinary term in speech and writing, community has (at least) five different meanings. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Community]

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