Literary critics have always been fond of saying that form dictates content, and in recent decades the study of the history of the book has transformed how we interpret them.
The deputy managing editor, John Montorio, asked, "What do you mean by 'tweaked'?" Smith assured him that Chicago would never dictate content to one of its papers, but he added that Los Angeles was a vast, complex market, and he wanted the newsroom to be always mindful of who its readers were and what they expected from a newspaper.
Which brings me to a second related danger, which is that we may be going too far in allowing readers to dictate content – now that we can see in real time, by page views for certain stories, or comments left on blogs and social media, which tales are massively resonating and exciting the public.
But genre by no means dictates content, and we often find original work presented in this way.[16] Regionalism had been a significant factor especially in the tradition of logic studied in al-Andalus; more generally, the crystallisation of traditions after Khûnajî also tended to be regional.
Viewers will also be able to dictate content by voting online.
It's common for parole orders to place restrictions on associations and activities, but not to dictate content restrictions of speech and art.
That might have kinda worked in the 1950's when only three TV networks existed, but in a world of virtually unlimited media outlets, dictating content is unnecessary to ensure "fairness".
The WTO agreement was negotiated before the existence of today's mammoth e-commerce sector, but attempts to dictate contents of the Internet and choose winners and losers online, accelerated by President Xi Jinping, run against the spirit of the WTO agreement.
Therefore, a businessman's wisdom or hubris dictated the content of music everyone listened to.
These two big states have dictated the content of textbooks for the past 30 years, one feeding liberal teachers' appetites, the other the conservatives'.
