The Penny Press was developed during a very dynamic and colorful period in American history. In the early 1800s‚ newspapers were biased and controlled by political parties that only reported on political news. Social‚ economic‚political and cultural conditions created a new form of journalism which began during the penny press. For once readers were able to read a newspaper and not just view it. This new press refelcted the new politics going on in America. Many historians believed that the nations
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PRESS DURING EMERGENCY The promulgation of Emergency and Press Censorship on June 26‚ 1975 constituted the darkest chapter in press history in free India. The period had its immediate and long term repercussions for the press. In fact‚ in the past decade‚ dark shades of press censorship were indeed hovering over the country. And more dangerously‚ new forms of have been invented in the changed scenario of globalisation. It was the censorship of 1975‚ which showed how the press at large became a
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The Indian Constitution‚ while not mentioning the word "press"‚ provides for "the right to freedom of speech and expression" (Article 19(1) a). However this right is subject to restrictions under sub clause (2)‚ whereby this freedom can be restricted for reasons of "sovereignty and integrity of India‚ the security of the State‚ friendly relations with foreign States‚ public order‚ preserving decency‚ preserving morality‚ in relation to contempt‚ court‚ defamation‚ or incitement to an offense". Laws
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has its roots in the standardization made possible by the printing press. Early textbooks were used by tutors and teachers‚ who used the books as instructional aids The next revolution for books came with the 15th-century invention of printing with changeable type. The invention is attributed to German metal smith Johannes Gutenberg‚ who cast type in molds using a melted metal alloy and constructed a wooden-screw printing press to transfer the image onto paper. Gutenberg’s invention made mass production
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Should the press be completely free? Under a dictatorship the press is completely under the control of the government. The implications of this are that the authorities discard all stories unfavorable to their policies and supplement the favorable ones with propaganda and disinformation . All this involves control of TV and radio; in many countries‚ listening to broadcasts such as the BBC World Service‚ now available everywhere because of short-wave satellite output‚ is proscribed. People are
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Lab # 1 Free Press and Democracy Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally and to have free access to information ideas and opinions‚ with this reasoning is inferred that de democracy needs free press in order to be function properly. The power of the press is associated to the fundamental principles of democracy that ’s to say the freedom of expression
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inventions of the Renaissance: telescope‚ compass‚ printing press‚ etc. But the most important technological advance of all was the development of printing‚ with movable metal type‚ about the mid-15th century in Germany. A German named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1436. Printing press invention had a large impact on the value of the books‚ religion and reformation and education. Before the invention of printing press‚ multiple copies of a manuscript had to be made by hand. Hand
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The moveable type printing press was invented in 1450 and by 1500 it had spread through most of western Europe to the extent where societies became more dependent on it than scribal work.1 This remarkable expansion has had numerous effects on the development of science and technology in European societies. The reasons that this expansion had such a major impact was that it allowed for language standardization‚ the Protestant Reformation and the wide adoption of specific scientific techniques such
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Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment‚ whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important‚ no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned‚ environmental protection is much more important than economic development
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“I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking‚ “God‚ this music is nuclear‚” This is really splitting the atom. They raised the temperature for everybody. Manufactured pop never looked so cold as when that heat was around. Nirvana made everything else look silly.” -Bono of U2 is quoted in Lorraine Ali’s‚ ”Cries From The Heart‚” a Newsweek article published on October 28‚ 2002. Today I would like to tell you the story of my favorite artist Kurt Cobain the lead singer of Nirvana. I’ll be covering
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