A number of different theories have been made to bring together an explanation on the ways in which social class is viewed and how society notices this effect. ... In correspondence to this, the "labeling theory" developed by (Becker, 1963), theory states that "deviance is not a quality of the act, since results from personality factors associated with committing deviance. ... Evidently to the theory, self identity as well as behaviors of individuals can be influenced by the terms used to describe them. ...

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Finally, there is the language: dialects suddenly emerged in films, and most of them were characterised by a plurilingualism such as German, Italian, or English. For the first time in Italian cinema history dialects were considered as important as official languages. ... The film portrays an odyssey through Rome by Antonio Ricci: thanks to Zavattini's theory of "pedinamento" - the following of someone - the audience is conscious of what the character in the film is doing at all times. ...

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