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Original Teaching Ideas-Single

“Eleven of us think he’s guilty”: Utilizing 12 Angry Men to teach symbolic convergence theory

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Pages 299-303 | Received 06 Oct 2020, Accepted 05 Feb 2021, Published online: 25 Feb 2021

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