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Shared knowledge

Task C – Our answer

A lot of the shared information we assume is not perceived directly, but indirectly, through dramatic fiction (films, plays, TV dramas, novels etc) and other means (e.g. newspapers and magazines, what others tell us). It is amazing how much knowledge we share which has come to us from fictional sources or from TV programmes. And this sort of ‘knowledge’ can also be dangerous, because although it may be common knowledge, it may not be entirely accurate. This is where stereotypes come from.

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