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  2. Miriam Budiardjo - Wikipedia

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    Miriam Budiardjo. Miriam Budiardjo (20 November 1923, Kediri – 8 January 2007, Jakarta) was an Indonesian political scientist and diplomat. Budiardjo was Deputy Chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, and she has been credited with co-founding the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Indonesia, of which she was ...

  3. Independent media - Wikipedia

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    Independent media refers to any media, such as television, newspapers, or Internet -based publications, that is free of influence by government or corporate interests. The term has varied applications. Independence stands as a cornerstone principle within media policy and the freedom of the press, representing an "essentially contested concept".

  4. Understanding Media - Wikipedia

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    Understanding Media. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is a 1964 book by Marshall McLuhan, in which the author proposes that the media, not the content that they carry, should be the focus of study. He suggests that the medium affects the society in which it plays a role mainly by the characteristics of the medium rather than the content.

  5. Potamididae - Wikipedia

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    Potamididae. Potamididae, common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. [1] They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea . Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused because ...

  6. Media literacy - Wikipedia

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    Media literacy. Media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of literacy that includes the ability to access and analyze media messages as well as create, reflect and take action, using the power of information and communication to make a difference in the world. [1] Media literacy is not restricted to one medium [2] and is understood as a ...

  7. Political polarization - Wikipedia

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    Political polarization (spelled polarisation in British English, African and Caribbean English, and New Zealand English) is the divergence of political attitudes away from the center, towards ideological extremes. [1] [2] [3] Scholars distinguish between ideological polarization (differences between the policy positions) and affective ...

  8. Seblak - Wikipedia

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    Seblak ( Sundanese: ᮞᮨᮘᮣᮊ᮪) is an Sundanese savoury and spicy dish, originating from the Sundanese region in West Java, Indonesia. Made of wet krupuk (traditional Indonesian crackers) cooked with protein sources ( egg, chicken, seafood or beef) in spicy sauce. [1] Seblak is a specialty of Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia.

  9. Fine bubble diffusers - Wikipedia

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    Description. Fine bubble diffusers produce a plethora of very small air bubbles which rise slowly from the floor of a wastewater treatment plant or sewage treatment plant aeration tank and provide substantial and efficient mass transfer of oxygen to the water. [1] The oxygen, combined with the food source, sewage, allows the bacteria to produce ...