| Agenda setting | In communications theory, the idea that the media define what is important and what is not by which stories they cover.
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| Cultivation | In communications theory, the view that exposure to the mass media makes people think that what they see there represents the mainstream of what really occurs.
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| Culture | Traditional ideas and values passed down from generation to generation within a group and transmitted to members of the group by symbols (such as language).
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| Ethnocentrism | The tendency to regard one's own ethnic group and culture as superior to others and to believe that its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged.
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| Gender | The state of being male or female.
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| Incest taboo | A regulation prohibiting sexual interaction between blood relatives, such as brother and sister or father and daughter.
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| Latinos | People of Latin American heritage.
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| Masturbation | Self-stimulation of the genitals to produce sexual arousal.
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| Sexual behavior | Behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm.
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| Sexual health | A state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality.
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| Sexual rights | Basic, inalienable rights regarding sexuality, both positive and negative, such as rights to reproductive self-determination and sexual self-expression and freedom from sexual abuse and violence.
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| Social learning | In communications theory, the idea that the media provide role models whom we imitate.
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