History A-Level
Censorship and control of information
What Censorship and control of information means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Censorship and control of information
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Official control shaped what audiences received, limiting detail and operating through military pools, briefings and security restrictions.
Topics that use Censorship and control of information
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 1 Reporting and portraying war (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Propaganda and public perception
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