What unit of analysis is being used in the following statement? "An enormous variation of deviant activities was represented in a sample of 1,485 news items. We categorized these deviant activities into five general types of analysis: violence, economic, political, ideological/cultural and diversionary."

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The unit of analysis in this statement is social artifacts, specifically news items that were categorized into different types of deviant activities. It is not focusing on individuals, organizations, or groups as the primary unit of analysis.

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