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power and power relations  

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  • The concept of power generally refers to societal arrangements of privilege and the ability to prevail or set conditions for prevailing in organized and institutionalized contexts. It also refers to the domination of economic and cultural resources and the ability to deploy them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Power and Power Relations]

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