Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion & WW1 Propaganda

I look at Walter Lippmann s 1922 book Public Opinion. WW1 changed everything about how people viewed the world, and saw the birth of propaganda, press offices, and public relations. Lippmann sought to analyze this new world, arguing that public opinion was actually based on a highly selective psuedo-environment with an emphasis on simple stereotypes. Lippman was one of the most influential journalists of his generation winning 2 Pulitzer Prizes and lamenting the poverty of public information and the press. He also wrote the influential The Phantom Public. I also include a reading of Wilfred Owen s Dulce et Decorum Est Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Sources Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion García, César. (2010). Rethinking Walter Lippmann s legacy in the history of public relations. 7. Sean Illing, Walter Lippmann’s famous critique of democracy revisited. https://www.vox.com/2018/8/9/17540448/walter-lippmann-democracy-trump-brexit Gullace, N. F. (2011), Allied Propaganda and World War I: Interwar Legacies, Media Studies, and the Politics of War Guilt. History Compass, 9: 686-700. doi:10.1111/j.1478-0542.2011.00798.x