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popular portrayals of street crime  

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  • The way that we interpret and understand the world is based on our experience with both direct and indirect forms of communication. Because the mass media is a vital source of indirect communication, its messages are tremendously influential in the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Street Crime, Popular Portrayals of]

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