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... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > media studies > media forms > journalism > history and culture of journalism > history of free expression
... > social science subjects > library and information science > information science > publishing > journalism > history and culture of journalism > history of free expression
... > social science subjects > business and management > types of industry > communication industry > book industry > publishing industry > journalism > history and culture of journalism > history of free expression
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health and society > cancer and society > industry > book industry > publishing industry > journalism > history and culture of journalism > history of free expression
... > social science subjects > library and information science > information science > publishing > book industry > publishing industry > journalism > history and culture of journalism > history of free expression

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history of free expression  

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  • In early modern Europe and North America, many conflicts over freedom of expression occurred, occasioned by the development of the printing press, on the one hand, and democratic theory on the other. By the twentieth century, a standard history of these struggles had become canonical for political theorists as well as for the occupations that are most invested in freedom of expression—lawyers, publishers, librarians, academics, religious activists—and journalists. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Free Expression, History of]

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