The Geography of Manipulation
The British Tabloids
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33178/Keywords:
tabloids, britain, newspaper, ideologiesAbstract
Introduction Due to developments in communication networks· and technological innovations in the last fifty years, more people than ever before in the earth's history have potential access to a constant supply of information. This information, however, is often presented in a simplified, abbreviated, uncomplicated manner. Those who administer the dissemination of information contend that this makes it easy for the public to assimilate.
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