atomized

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In the age of mass media, the press was able to define the sphere of legitimate debate with relative ease because the people on the receiving end were atomized -- connected "up" to Big Media but not across to each other.

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  • The second is that, with the resources at stake, and atomized (some call it democratized) drug trafficking network will ensure that the product continues to flow, that supply will surge to meet demand. —  Douglas Farah
  • Popular culture is far more atomized, less centralized, than it used to be. —  Express Milwaukee
  • Also shared a vision he has for what he calls the "atomized" church. —  transformission
  • In the age of mass media, the press was able to define the sphere of legitimate debate with relative ease because the people on the receiving end were atomized -- connected "up" to Big Media but not across to each other. —  Latest Articles
  • In the age of mass media, the press was able to define the sphere of legitimate debate with relative ease because the people on the receiving end were atomized - meaning they were connected "up" to Big Media but not across to each other. —  Latest Articles
 

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