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The argument of the broken pane: Suffragette consumerism and newspapers
Within the cut-throat world of newspaper advertising the newspapers of Britain's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) Votes for Women and the Suffragette managed to achieve a balance that has often proved to be an impossible challenge for social movement pressânamely the maintenance of a highly political stance whilst simultaneously exploiting the market system with advertising and merchandising. When the militant papers advocated window smashing of West End stores in 1912â1913, the companies who were the target still took advertisements. Why? What was the relationship between news values, militant violence and advertising income? âDo-it-yourselfâ journalism operated within a context of ethical consumerism and promotionally orientated militancy. This resulted in newspaper connections between politics, commerce and a distinct market profile, evident in the customisation of advertising, retailer dialogue with militants and longer-term loyaltyâsymptomatic of a wider trend towards newspaper commercialism during this period
The growth and occurrence of sulphate-reducing bacteria, with particular reference to their importance in the gas industry
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