Salem Possessed redefined the standard for the possibilities social history offers to understand the events and people of early America. Through a painstaking look at local records such as legal records‚ the Salem Village record book‚ the minister’s book‚ and tax records Boyer and Nissenbaum discovered a long-standing pattern of contentious behavior of which the witchcraft accusations in 1692 was just one episode. Their analysis provides an invaluable insight into the social history of New England
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The Importance of the Newspaper Newspapers have become a daily necessity for nearly everyone‚ especially in the city where people have to be aware of what is happening around them. Inspite of the television or Internet giving us information on the latest occurances‚ most people still prefer the feel of the actual newsprint. The newspaper is indeed important as it is a powerful tool to inform the public on various issues. It has a wide coverage as the estimated number of readers is about
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials “The Devil in Salem” by Peggy Robbins addresses the Salem witch trials that occurred in colonial Massachusetts in 1692. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was where it was more likely for people to believe in witchcraft in which it was known to be believed by the people that Satan would take use of human beings to carry on his war against heaven. It has been recorded that in Salem Village in the year of 1692‚ alone 170 witches were imprisoned and 20 were sentenced to death
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NEWSPAPER LOGISTICS Newspapers have a very important place in our life. Reading of newspapers has become a habit for most of the people. But not many people think how newspaper is delivered each day at our home with such ease. In order to study the logistics of newspaper‚ information was collected from newspaper vendors to the people working in the Audit Department of the newspaper “Times of India”. Mr. Lalit Joshi‚ who works in the logistics department of TOI in the Delhi/NCR region‚ threw light
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Are Newspaper’s Dying? The first newspaper was printed in 1605‚ and has thrived throughout the centuries. They have provided the public with news including political events‚ crime‚ local news‚ sports‚ the weather and much more. However‚ with the recent growth of the internet‚ the newspaper business has faced many hardships. In most countries‚ paid circulation is falling. The question arises whether or not newspapers will die out completely‚ or adapt and overcome. The world currently is
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British Newspapers Many British families buy a national or local newspaper every day. Some have it delivered to their home by a paper boy or paper girl; others buy it from a newsagent or a bookstall. National dailies are published each morning except Sunday. Competition between them is fierce. Local daily papers‚ which are written for people in a particular city or region‚ are sometimes published in the morning but more often in the early evening. Britain has two kinds of national newspaper:
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witch craft in colonial Massachusetts. The trials started in Salem in 1692 and after that they spread all over the world. Most towns thought that there was witch craft going on. The witch trials are an important historical event as it resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent people.There are many different stories as to how witchcraft began‚some say it started in Salem .Other
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Value of Newspapers The Value of Newspapers Print No other advertising vehicle has the reach of newspapers. Nationally‚ 95 million adults read a newspaper on an average weekday and more than 108 million on an average Sunday. More than 71% of all adults in the U.S. read a newspaper or visit a newspaper website in an average week (Scarborough Research). According to research by the Readership Institute at Northwestern University‚ advertising is one of the top five drivers of newspaper readership
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financial crisis. The research was conducted through a case study on regional newspaper‚‚ Gazeta de Sud ’ ’ The main problems analyzed were decreasing newspaper circulation and advertising. The research taken into account trends and developments worldwide print media as well as print media particularities of Romania‚ with a focus on identifying factors that contributed to the closure of a significant number of newspapers‚ or their transition from printed version online format. The paper is mainly
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Since the turn of the new century‚ newspapers have always been the main source of our news. For years‚ it started the day for millions. Along with a cup of coffee‚ maybe even some breakfast‚ the arrival of the morning paper meant the beginning to the daily grind. Nowadays the evening paper is long extinct‚ especially in large cities. With Internet so available to the masses and‚ for the most part‚ providing free news‚ the newspaper is no longer a necessity. The newspaper becoming extinct is beneficial
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