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social construction of reality  

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  • Social construction theory addresses the processes by which people jointly construct their understandings of the world. Advocates assume that meanings are developed in coordination with others rather than separately within each individual or in the world of things, making social interaction the loom upon which the social fabric is woven. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Social Construction of Reality]

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