... is immortal. The print media can offer a keen insight into societal issues and how societies respond to those issues. Newspapers, through classified advertisements, allow individuals and businesses various avenues to define the needs and wants of the time, therefore, providing aspects of societal shifts over time. Comparing two dates in the New York Times presents a plethora of shifts in the roles ... been controversial since the 1700s. "Abortion first emerged as a social issue not in 1973, not even in 1900, but in 1712." The 1866 edition of the New York Times makes a vague reference to...

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