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    The industrial revolution had a great impact on Europe‚ especially when it comes to social and economic aspects‚ since they underwent a great change during the period. Still‚ whether the industrial revolution was positive or negative as a whole depends on if you focus on either of these two aspects. Optimists will say that it was good‚ and they’ll focus on the favourable consequences on economy. Pessimists‚ however‚ will focus on social aspects‚ since society suffered a decline as to way of life

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    1 Power and the News Media Teun A. van Dijk University of Amsterdam __________________ INTRODUCTION In the study of mass communication‚ there has been a continuous debate about the more or less powerful effects of the media on the public.1 Instead of reviewing these positions and their empirical claims‚ this chapter examines in more general terms some properties of the social power of the news media. This power is not restricted to the influence of the media on their audiences‚ but also involves

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    Marshall History 202 Paper #1: New Worlds For All In early America the exchanges between European and native cultures catalyzed changes in the two cultures themselves. The interaction of the two cultures diffused into cultural‚ biological and economic exchanges. The result of these changes shaped further interactions between the cultures for future generations within each of the two cultures. Cultural diffusion is an inevitable product of the interaction of two worlds. Cultures exchange many things

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    How Significant Are Recent Advances in Information and Telecommunications Technology to Social and Economic Change in Africa? Candidate Number: BZWB0 Information technology (IT) has emerged as indispensable in contemporary society. It has become one of the most significant technological developments in the world‚ affecting almost all aspects of people’s lives- economically‚ politically‚ culturally‚ and socially (Castells

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    significantly between 1450 and 1750. While Russia remained an agricultural society‚ the West became very commercially active and developed a strong manufacturing base. Many of the core areas of the West transformed; governments increased their powers‚ science became the focus of intellectual life. These changes resulted from overseas expansion. Russia‚ on the other hand‚ was heavily concerned with territorial expansion‚ eventually becoming the chief power of Eastern Europe. From there‚ Russian tsars began

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    From 1929 to 1939‚ there was a difficult time in southern America called The Great Depression. Stock markets crashed which had caused citizens to lose their money‚ jobs‚ and their homes. Up to 10‚000 banks went bankrupt. Most people became unemployed leaving not enough jobs available for all of them. Some people ate frozen vegetables on the streets for up to 5 years at a time. The Great Depression had many effects on the American people. Americans in the Great Depression soon had lost all

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    Summary * Still under control of the Mongols * Isolated Russia from many of the advancements made in Western Europe during this time * Began a period of territorial expansion and government reform after freedom from Mongols * Embarked on an aggressive program of westernization in order to leap forward and make up for lagging * Forced imposition of European culture on the people of Russia would create an identity crisis for Russians that continues to this day Breaking

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    How Far did Changes to Transport 1750-1900 Benefit the British People? In this essay‚ I will be explaining how transport changes how they helped British People during the Industrial Revolution. I will be writing about three types of transport: Roads‚ Canals and Railways. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution‚ in 1750‚ it was very difficult to travel on roads as there were a lot of holes that were full of water‚ which meant there was no drainage. This waster filled up all the ruts. All

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    As the English began to settle in the New World‚ several groups of Europeans found regions in which they could govern and form their own societies upon. All foreigners had different motives for settling in North America; all foreigners also faced the same obstacles as they settled. These obstacles included contagious diseases‚ discord from native tribes‚ anarchy in their governments‚ and the settlements of other foreigners on the continent. Each settlement faced similar obstacles; however‚ their

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    political and economic system based on land ownership and personal loyalty. During the Middle Ages invaders raised havoc all over Europe‚ and as a result people looked at local leaders for protection‚ causing kings to lose political power. A new social order was set up as well as a different economic system. Feudalism changed the economicsocial‚ and political systems severely‚ and made the way we know the Middle Ages in Europe today. From about 800 to 1000 invasions tore apart Europe. Vikings terrorized

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