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film  

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  • A term often used interchangeably with “cinema” and “movies,” although each term can take on different meanings depending on the theoretical perspective of the user. Film refers alternately to a technology (filming), a physical analog medium (film), a category of media (film/cinema/movies), an industry (the film industry), and a product (a film), all related to recording or projecting sound and/or images generally recorded with a camera. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Film]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/film

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