Pamphlet
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| - | A '''pamphlet''' is an unbound small book that may consist of a single sheet of [[paper]] that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a '''leaflet'''), or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. [[UNESCO]] requires a publication (other than a [[periodical]]) to have 'at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages' to count as a pamphlet; a longer item is a [[book]]. | + | A '''pamphlet''' is an unbound small book or even a single sheet of [[paper]]. Pamphlets have long been an important tool of political [[protest]] and [[political campaign]]ing for similar reasons. |
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| - | Pamphlets can contain anything from information on kitchen appliances to medical information and religious treatises. Pamphlets are very important in [[marketing]] as they are cheap to produce and can be distributed easily to customers. Pamphlets have also long been an important tool of political [[protest]] and [[political campaign]]ing for similar reasons. | + | |
| - | == Pamphleteers == | + | |
| A '''pamphleteer''' is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes [[pamphlet]]s: for example in order to get people to vote for their favourite politician or to articulate a particular political ideology. | A '''pamphleteer''' is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes [[pamphlet]]s: for example in order to get people to vote for their favourite politician or to articulate a particular political ideology. | ||
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A pamphlet is an unbound small book or even a single sheet of paper. Pamphlets have long been an important tool of political protest and political campaigning for similar reasons.
A pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets: for example in order to get people to vote for their favourite politician or to articulate a particular political ideology.
A famous pamphleteer of the American Revolutionary War was Thomas Paine. Another famous paphleteer was Witte the With. Today a pamphleteer might communicate his missives by way of weblog, but before the advent of telecommunications, those with access to a printing press and a supply of paper used the pamphlet as a means of mass communications outside of newspapers or full-fledged books.
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