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Walter Lippmann — Public Opinion
Lippmann, Public Opinion (1922)
Author
Walter Lippmann
Date
1922
Credibility & evidentiary value

Foundational text on stereotypes, 'the manufacture of consent,' and the gap between perception and reality. A primary source for media theory.

Citation · Chicago

Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922).

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