Alec blackmon stated that, "the use of the printing press during the fifteenth century enabled the emergence of newspapers, which convey news and information to a large number of people." which is the best way to paraphrase the information in this sentence? a) ever since the fifteenth century, newspapers have contained information, news, and advertisements. b) in the fifteenth century, many new inventions were discovered. c) the fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information. d) the use of the printing press during the fifteenth century enabled the emergence of newspapers, which convey news and information to a large number of people.

The answer is C)The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information.

The right answer is the C) The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the options are incorrect and should be discarded. Option D, for instance, is NOT paraphrasing (that is, rendering the same information with different words), but quoting the exact statement. Likewise, option B is also incorrect, since Blackmon's statement is not about the discovery of various inventions in the 15th century, but only of the use of the printing press and what it enabled. Option A is also false and inaccurate, since it's not conveying the same information - Blackmon is saying that the emergence of newspapers allowed a large number of people to access news and information, not that since the 15th century they have contained information, news, and advertisements. Option C is, therefore, the most accurate. More people were able to read the news and other information in newspapers due to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century.      

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.