First Colonial Newspapers

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  316010
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  Все работы   →   Рефераты и реферативные задания   →   Английский язык
• Год добавления:
  25.11.2014 г.
• Объем работы:
  10 стр.
• Содержание:
  Introduction 3
  1. Appearance and evolution of first colonial newspapers 4
  2. Censorship in first colonial newspapers 5
  3. Main themes of first colonial newspapers 6
  4. Peculiarities of first colonial newspapers 7
  Conclusion 9
  Bibliography 10
  
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  Introduction
  
  Modern technological development changed the role of newspapers and the way in which news is delivered greatly in the whole world. But from 1690 until the introduction of radio (1920), newspapers were the only available means to get some news for Americans. That period is characterized by the absence of competition. The reason of the appearance and growth of newspapers in the colonies was the interests of the colonists in news from Europe. But nowadays we read newspapers because of different reasons: news, gossips, entertainment, etc. Consequently, the reasons of appearance and evolution of first colonial newspapers is very topical today. This paper might help to understand the main intentions of first and modern newspapers of the USA.
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  1. Appearance and evolution of first colonial newspapers
  
  According to the scientific literature, it is hard to distinguish the first colonial newspaper. Christopher H. Sterling thinks that the first printing press appeared in colonial America was "Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick" of Benjamin Harris first printed in 1638. It was installed at Harvard College, and founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This newspaper fell victim to the law because at that time in colonial America licensing was practiced. The first issue of that newspaper was immediately banned because it was published without permission of the royal governor and contained two stories critical of the governor [Sterling 2009, p.696. W. David Sloan and Lisa Mullikin Parcell also consider “Publick Occurrences” to be the first colonial newspaper which published sensational stories of scandal and murder among international and colonial society, for example, a gossip on the sexual indiscretions of a French royal and his son's wife and the suicide of a man who hanged himself in his cow-house [Sloan, Parcell 2002, p.268].
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