Weapons of Democracy: Propaganda, Progressivism, and American Public Opinion
(Part of the New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series)
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How and why did public opinion--long cherished as a foundation of democratic government--become an increasing source of concern for American Progressives? Following World War I, political commentator Walter Lippmann worried that citizens increasingly held inaccurate and misinformed beliefs because of the way information was produced, circulated, and received in a mass-mediated society. Lippmann dubbed this manipulative opinion-making...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421417367
ISBN13:9781421417363
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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