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In spite of its name, the chief function of the newspaper is not to give the news, it is not even exclusively to reflect public opinion-important as this is-but it is to record all contemporaneous human interests, activities, and conditions and thus to serve the future. [boldface added] Historian Lu...
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| Published in: | Newspaper research journal Vol. 36; no. 3; p. 285 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
01-07-2015
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| Summary: | In spite of its name, the chief function of the newspaper is not to give the news, it is not even exclusively to reflect public opinion-important as this is-but it is to record all contemporaneous human interests, activities, and conditions and thus to serve the future. [boldface added] Historian Lucy Maynard Salmon, 1923 We both received our master's in library science degrees in the early 1970s when punch cards were taught in the library automation class and ARPANet was just being introduced. |
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| ISSN: | 0739-5329 2376-4791 |