Social Flashcards
(116 cards)
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Define ‘Accountable’
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Answerable to someone for your actions; observable, transparent.
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What is an ‘Annuity’ in the context of Canadian history?
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An annual payment, often part of a treaty agreement.
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Define ‘Autonomy’
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The authority to make decisions for oneself.
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What is the ‘Charter of Rights and Freedoms’?
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A part of Canada’s constitution that protects individual rights and freedoms.
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Define ‘Collective Rights’
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Rights held by a group, rather than an individual (e.g., Indigenous peoples’ rights).
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Define ‘Competition’
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Rivalry among producers to sell products to consumers.
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What is ‘Consumerism’?
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An economic theory that links prosperity to consumer demand for goods and services.
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Who are ‘Consumers’?
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Those who use products and services.
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What is a ‘Criminal Record’?
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A permanent record of breaking the law.
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Define ‘Demand’
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The wants and needs of consumers for products and services.
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What is an ‘Economic System’?
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The way a society organizes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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What is ‘Economics’?
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The study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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What does the ‘Executive Branch’ of government do?
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The part of government responsible for putting laws into action.
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Who are ‘First Nations’?
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A term used to describe Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Métis nor Inuit.
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What does ‘Francophone’ mean?
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A person whose first language is French.
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What are ‘Greenhouse Gases (GHG)’?
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Gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, contributing to climate change.
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Define ‘Immigration’
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The process of moving to a new country to live permanently.
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What is ‘Individualism’?
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A philosophy that emphasizes individual rights and freedoms over the needs of the community.
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Define ‘Inherent Rights’
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Rights that belong to a person or group by virtue of their existence.
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Who are the ‘Inuit’?
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Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada.
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What does the ‘Judicial Branch’ do?
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The part of government responsible for applying and interpreting laws.
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Define ‘Labour’
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Human effort, including physical and mental, used in the production of goods and services.
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What is ‘Land’ in economics?
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Natural resources needed for production (renewable and non-renewable).
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Define ‘Legislation’
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Laws created through the legislative process.
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What does the 'Legislative Branch' do?
The part of government responsible for making laws.
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What is a 'Lever' in a societal context?
A means of accomplishing something; a way to apply pressure.
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Who are 'Lobbyists'?
People who are hired to influence government decisions on behalf of particular groups or causes.
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What is 'Marketing'?
Techniques used to sell or promote products and services.
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What is a 'Monopoly'?
When one producer controls all supply of a product or service.
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Who are the 'Métis'?
A distinct Indigenous people with mixed First Nations and European ancestry.
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What are the 'Numbered Treaties'?
Historic agreements between the Queen and First Nations about land and resources.
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What is the 'Public Good'?
What’s best for society as a whole.
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What does it mean to 'Rehabilitate'?
To instill positive behaviors and attitudes.
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What does it mean to 'Reintegrate'?
To make part of again.
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What is a 'Reserve' in the Canadian context?
Land set aside for the exclusive use of First Nations.
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Define 'Rights'
What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, as established in law.
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What is 'Sales Tax'?
Tax paid at the time of buying a product or service.
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Define 'Scarcity' in economics.
The idea that land (materials), labour and capital (money) limit the supply of what people want and need.
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What is 'Scrip' in Métis history?
A document used in Métis history that could be exchanged for land.
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Define 'Sentence' in law
A consequence for a crime, such as imprisonment, determined by a court of law.
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What are 'Social Programs'?
Government-funded initiatives that provide social services to citizens.
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Define 'Sovereignty'
Independence as a people, with a right to self-government.
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Define 'Supply' in economics
The amount of a product or service available.
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Define 'Validity'
Reliability, based on a critical assessment of source, facts, and bias.
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What is the 'Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)'?
Canada's legislation governing how youth offenders are treated in the justice system.
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What is the main idea of the textbook?
Issues present opportunities and challenges for building a society in which all Canadians belong, and in which everyone has a good quality of life.
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What factors are important to your quality of life, citizenship and identity?
(Personalized answer based on one's own list of things, such as languages, traditions, and basic needs).
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What is the 'Spot and Respond to the Issue' process?
A process to develop an informed response to an issue, involving identifying a central question, its impact, and taking a position based on evidence.
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What are the steps in the 'Spot and Respond to the Issue' process?
* What is the central issue question?
* How does this question affect citizenship, identity, and quality of life?
* What is your informed position on the issue?
* Which reasons, examples, and evidence best support your response?
* How can you organize the evidence you have collected?
* How can you develop a more informed response to the issue?
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What are the key responsibilities of MPs?
To represent their constituents and to create legislation for the peace, order and good government of all Canadians.
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What is 'bias'?
An opinion based on unchallenged assumptions.
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What is the first step in making a persuasive argument?
State your idea.
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What are some tips for giving a powerful, persuasive speech?
Organize your ideas, use visuals, make eye contact, and speak clearly.
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What are the steps in the legislative process (making laws)?
First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading.
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What does the 'Skills Centre' provide?
Tips on reading graphs and charts, conducting interviews, reading maps, and creating mind maps among other things.
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What are some things to consider when evaluating a media article for bias?
Consider who the writer is, their authority, whether it provides facts and evidence, if it uses stereotypes, if it ignores any people or groups, and how you can verify the information for accuracy.
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What are some ways to learn about how the media affects an issue?
Record the frequency of the issue in media, record key messages, record how the media reports people's reactions.
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What is the role of lobbyists in the federal political system?
To influence government decisions on behalf of particular groups or causes.
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What should you consider to develop an informed position on an issue?
Gathering facts, views and perspectives. Consider how the issue connects to citizenship, identity and quality of life, and describe one step to become better informed.
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What does the YCJA attempt to do?
To treat young offenders fairly and equitably.
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What are some questions to consider when reflecting on what you learn?
How will I defend my opinion? How will I consider others' views? How will I question statements and seek more evidence? How will I consider information that could make me change my mind?
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How do you determine if a source has authority?
By checking if the source has experience, knowledge, and a purpose relevant to the information.
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What is a jury?
Under the YCJA, a person 14 years of age or older may choose to be tried by a judge and jury for certain serious offences.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 3?
How the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects individual rights, and how it affects legislation.
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What should you think about while working through Chapter 3?
Issues concerning individual rights and the Charter that strike you as most important. How can you find more information about these issues? How do you decide what action to take?
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What is the purpose of the organizers on pages 91 and 49?
To collect examples of individual rights and freedoms, and to analyze cause and effect related to events affecting these rights.
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How can you analyze cause and effect?
Identify the causes of the government action involved, and its effects on individuals and groups.
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What are some equality rights in the workplace under the Charter?
The right to work without facing discrimination based on race, religion or gender.
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What is the focus of Chapter 4?
Collective rights and how they have shaped Canadians.
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Why do Canadians want to commemorate the link between history and identities?
(Open-ended answer).
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What are some questions to explore in Chapter 4?
What are collective rights? What legislation establishes them? Why do some groups have them and not others? Why are they important to all Canadians?
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What are the Numbered Treaties?
Historic agreements that affect the rights and identity of some First Nations in Canada.
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What is a primary source?
Created by people who actually saw or participated in an event and recorded their reactions to that event immediately after the event occurred.
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What is a secondary source?
Created by someone not present at the event, or are interpretations of events that already occurred.
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What questions can you use to analyze information sources?
Is it primary or secondary? Is the source reliable? What perspectives does it contain? When and why was it created? What does it tell you about collective rights?
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What is the Indian Act?
Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples.
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What are the collective rights of Francophones?
Minority Language Education Rights, Manitoba Act, Section 35 of the Constitution Act.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 5?
Factors and issues that influence immigration policies, how government responds to them, and how they impact citizenship, identity, and quality of life.
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What are the steps in researching an issue in Chapter 5?
Choose an issue, plan, gather, analyze, organize, create, and share.
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What is the purpose of the chart in section 5?
To organize research, gather information, and summarize ideas for a storyboard.
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What factors should influence Canada’s immigration policies most: economic, political, health or security?
(Personal opinion should be backed by research on one of these factors).
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What is Canada’s policy toward refugees?
(Open-ended answer based on research).
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What is a symposium?
An event where people share ideas.
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What does the Canada-Québec Accord do?
It seeks immigrants whose first language is French to strengthen the French language in North America.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 6?
The benefits and disadvantages of the economic systems of Canada and the United States, and the role of government in each system.
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What steps should you take when responding to an issue?
Determine the question, purpose, audience, views, position, evidence, and conclusion.
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What are some things to consider when writing persuasively?
Identifying your audience and purpose for writing, researching thoroughly, organizing evidence, and writing clear and concise drafts.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 7?
The relationship between marketing and consumerism, and how consumer behaviour affects quality of life in Canada and the US.
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What does the chart on page 114 help you do?
Analyze examples of products and brands, and determine how they affect consumer behaviour.
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What steps should you take when analyzing media messages?
Identify the type of text, the communicator, how it was produced, the audience, and the symbols and values conveyed.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 8?
How decisions about social programs and taxation in Canada and the US attempt to meet the needs of citizens, and what values shape these economic policies of political parties.
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What should you do when researching information about political parties?
Determine the validity and authority of the information by checking the source's URL, creator, if it is current, if it reflects facts, and if it provides sufficient and reliable information.
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What are you looking for in Chapter 9?
How political and economic decisions connect to climate change, and to citizenship, identity and quality of life.
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What is a thematic map?
A thematic map shows information related to a specific topic or theme.
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How can you analyze a thematic map?
Identify the type of map, interpret the basic information, analyze how it relates to the issue, compare with other maps, draw conclusions, and state your position with evidence.
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What does the diagram on page 304 connect?
Governance, economics, environmental issues, and how these affect quality of life.
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What is the Kyoto Protocol?
An international agreement on climate change.
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What does the 'Diary of an Ecowarrior' illustrate?
An environmentalist's plan of action including steps for 'Spot and Respond to the Issue'.
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What are some levers that could play a role in an environmental issue?
The market, laws, and international agreements.
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What is the focus of the final review in the textbook?
To review all the main issues covered in the textbook and to summarize what was learned about how they involve political decision making, economic decision making, or both.
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What are criteria?
Standards by which we judge or evaluate information.
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What should you look for when drawing conclusions?
Patterns between key ideas, and similarities and differences.
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How should you approach comparing and contrasting information?
Determine your criteria, look for similarities and differences, consider patterns, and draw conclusions.
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What are some steps in finding the main idea?
Look for the purpose of the information, find common subtopics and ideas, paraphrase the text, and summarize the main idea.
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What does a timeline help you do?
To remember events and to see possible relationships among events.
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What are the steps in creating a timeline?
Research events, decide which events to include, organize them in sequence, plan time units, and add events.
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How does a spreadsheet help you to create a timeline?
By allowing you to easily sort events and to print the timeline with dates and descriptions.
108
What does GIS make possible?
The creation of interactive maps on the Internet.
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How do you use a rating scale in a survey?
By adding up the answers.
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What steps do you take in an interview?
Before the interview you identify, contact, and arrange, the individual, and develop questions. During the interview, you ask the questions and listen closely. After the interview you review, summarize and share findings.
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What are the main steps in the writing process?
Prewriting, composing, evaluating, revising and editing, and sharing and publishing.
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What should you do when organizing a debate?
Research and develop an informed position, organize your argument with evidence, consider counter arguments, and listen respectfully to others.
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What are some things to consider when creating a political cartoon?
The message, perspective, and viewpoint, and the use of symbols and exaggeration.
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What does a collage contain?
Pictures and words that convey a topic, message, or issue.
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What is an electronic bulletin board?
An online journal, diary, forum, or log where you can share ideas.
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What can digital and video images be used for in the context of research?
To create and record interviews, newscasts, digital stories, or role-plays.
