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==Ancient cultural origins==
==Ancient cultural origins==
The term was borrowed from the Roman practice of staging [[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to solve underlying social and economic problems.[http://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]
The term was borrowed from the Roman practice of staging [[Circus]]es, in the rather famous philosophy of the [[Rome|Roman]] elite of "Bread and Circuses" to maintain civil order due to the an inability to solve underlying social and economic problems.[http://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sensationalism]]''''', follow [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sensationalism '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Low and high culture==
==Low and high culture==