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Walter Lippmann's Public Opinion is one of the foundational twentieth-century works on democracy, journalism, propaganda, and the formation of public belief. Published in 1922, the book examines how citizens understand events they do not directly experience,... Read Full Overview

In Public Opinion, what is widely considered the most influential book ever written by Walter Lippmann, the late journalist and social critic provides a fundamental treatise on the nature of human information and communication.

In his groundbreaking work Public Opinion (1922), Walter Lippmann, an eminent American writer and political commentator, delves into the intricate dynamics of democracy, shedding light on the pivotal role of citizens. He warns against the perils of propaganda, anticipating... Read Full Overview

Public Opinion is Walter Lippmann's groundbreaking work which demonstrates how individual beliefs are swayed by stereotypes, the mass media, and political propaganda. The book opens with the notion that democracy in the age of super fast communications is obsolete. He analyses... Read Full Overview

Public Opinion is Walter Lippmann's groundbreaking work which demonstrates how individual beliefs are swayed by stereotypes, the mass media, and political propaganda. The book opens with the notion that democracy in the age of super fast communications is obsolete. He analyses... Read Full Overview

In what is widely considered the most influential book ever written by Walter Lippmann, the late journalist and social critic provides a fundamental treatise on the nature of human information and communication. As Michael Curtis indicates in his introduction to this edition... Read Full Overview

First published in 1922, "Public Opinion" is the fascinating study of the role of citizens in a democracy by Walter Lippmann, an American writer, reporter and political commentator. Lippmann's notable career spanned decades and produced some of the most important journalism... Read Full Overview

There is an island in the ocean where in 1914 a few Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Germans lived. No cable reaches that island, and the British mail steamer comes but once in sixty days. In September it had not yet come, and the islanders were still talking about the latest newspaper... Read Full Overview

Walter Lippmann's Public Opinion is one of the foundational twentieth-century works on democracy, journalism, propaganda, and the formation of public belief. Published in 1922, the book examines how citizens understand events they do not directly experience,... Read Full Overview

There is an island in the ocean where in 1914 a few Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Germans lived. No cable reaches that island, and the British mail steamer comes but once in sixty days. In September it had not yet come, and the islanders were still talking about the latest newspaper... Read Full Overview

Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, and critiquing media... Read Full Overview

Public Opinion is renowned as a seminal text in the fields of media studies, political science, and social psychology by Walter Lippman published in 1922. Written in eminently accessible prose, Public Opinion is generally accepted as a broad indictment of functional democratic... Read Full Overview