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Public opinion
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- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) "Public Opinion" by Walter Lippmann is a book published in 1922. It examines how people construct simplified mental images of complex reality through stereotypes and "pseudo-environments," making functional democracy challenging. Lippmann explores how mass media shape public perception, how news inherently involves selection and bias, and why he believes a specialized class of experts must analyze information for society. This influential work sparked debate about democracy, expertise, and the manufacture of consent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 58.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 3068