The dynamic power of print was also felt in the effects of colonial expansion. But the threat of printed material required new strategies since the sheer number of copies of a work increased the chances it could circulate materials subversive to the status quo or threaten the authority of whoever was in a position of power. Every possible means of control has been exercised at some point in the history of print-some of which, like book burning and attacks on authors-had been used in manuscript cultures as well. They can also be used to repress persons as well as objects. Censorship and control take many forms, and can be applied at any point in the lifecycle of production and reception of a text.
Questions arose about who had authority over print and how it should be regulated. The perceived power of printed materials provoked strategies for control in response.
Controversies and Controls Religious struggles, censorship, and colonial expansion
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