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    Industrialisation and its consequences politicised the working class in the first half of the 19th century. How true is this statement? Britain was the first nation to industrialise. Industrialisation is “change from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and commerce”. Allen Clarke suggested industrialisation happened because “capitalists saw that fortunes were to be made more quickly in manufacture than in agriculture”. It appears agriculture lost the investors attention

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    the reader to dismiss something that might not have a moral value in the end. However‚ there has been quite an extensive amount of negative images and acts that argue that censorship in comic books is important to the potential effects it can have on its readers and how they can think‚ or potentially act. Comic book censorship has been brought up on several different accounts. It goes all the way back to 1950’s when the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA) created the Comics Code Authority

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    (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Censorship has been around for years in America‚ but has recently been put in the spotlight due to the amount of censored materials in the news‚ on the internet‚ and in classrooms nationwide. The works of Shakespeare‚ Les Miserables‚ the theory of evolution‚ and many movies have become victim to censorship throughout the years (O’Neil‚ 304). This extreme censorship is detrimental to the freedom of speech and education. As previously mentioned‚ censorship is the act of suppressing

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    of comments on social media are not private they are viewed by the world. There are many people who are posting offensive and racist remarks in this world today. Although people should be responsible and mature and not be putting down others or expressing yourself and others rudely on media. Yes‚ people have the right to free speech‚ but companies should have the right to terminate people who use that speech to denigrate the company. Those who are disrespectful to the media should be terminated because

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    1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented

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    To what extent did Alexander 3 react to the reforms of Alexander 2? The term "reaction" refers to a backward change and the term "reform" means to overhul the situation and change it‚ most of the time for the better. Alexander II also known as the liberator‚ was the Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881. He was responsible for reforms of the legal system‚ local goverment‚ armed forces and the emancipation of the serfs‚ which was the the most important reform in 1861. When Alexander the Liberator

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    Censorship‚ in true form‚ is the systematic banning of books‚ the Internet‚ or other literature due to content that has been deemed inappropriate. In the United States‚ it is used widely in the context of adolescent literature. Resistors to this movement often claim that the government is violating many children’s first amendment rights. Numerous cases have been brought. Others find this act of restricting material devastating to the education system. Censorship has infringed on children’s first

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    * * * * Mae West and 1930’s censorship Nowadays‚ we probably take for granted that the majority of films created in Hollywood have no moral or content boundaries whatsoeverAlthough today the boundaries might seem a little blurred‚ it was not always like this. The censorship process in Hollywood films (as well as in many other media) is a process that has grown and fluctuated along with American society. Behind many of these films there have been struggles‚ debates‚ and confrontations

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    A few would disagree with this statement‚ but I think that this is an actual true statement. Censorship in the world is used for many specific reasons. Both reasons are in when and where to censor such as for privacy‚ classified groups‚ or hidden relations with something. Privacy is one reason is a really obvious to everyone. Everyone wants privacy from anyone such as the government‚ people‚ or the world. The law says that privacy is a law and if broken then there is going to be serious consequences

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    imbalances. However‚ politically based censorship is a roadblock faced by any artist that wishes to do so. Whether it be race‚ religion‚ ideology‚ financial class‚ gender‚ age‚ and just about any other demographic or otherwise exclusive label‚ if the barrier of unnecessary censorship is broken there is no limit to what art can achieve. Censorship has been around ever since organisms were able to communicate‚ stemming from the instinct of living creatures to avoid what is seemingly dangerous‚ unusual‚

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