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Marianita123 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

grass-roots & two-way television

What does "grass-roots" mean in the following context: "For example in Britain, public viewing of television was the way in which most eraly audiences actually experienced the medium and this was even more the case in Germany. While the vision of "grass-roots" or amateur, "two-way television" was quite obviously doomed to a very marginal position at the very best...".
  

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Grass-roots normally refers to something organized by ordinary people on a local level, as distinct from something being done by a large group such as a political party, large charity, national organization, government or corporation.

  • Grass-roots normally refers to something organized by ordinary people on a local level, as distinct from something being done by a large group such as a political party, large charity, national organization, government or corporation.
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Grass-roots normally refers to something organized by ordinary people on a local level, as distinct from something being done by a large group such as a political party, large charity, national organization, government or corporation.

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