JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Walter Lippmann, Caveman
23 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Diagnosis of the problems of news and public opinion in contemporary world (post wwi) The most influential american journalist of the 20th century . Reporter, editor, speechwriter for w. wilson, columnist. He became disenchanted with some of the ideas from the progressive movement. In many ways he was a strong supporter of us democracy yet very critical of it as well. Author of liberty and the news, public opinon and the phantom. Throughout wwii and into the vietnam war. He wrote all these between 1918 and late 1930"s. Lippmann was disillusioned with the role of the press during wwi. How public opinion can be made to support certain government policies. How you can turn the public for or against the war, instill ideas that people do not have in order to have a huge political impact. He was manipulated on the issues of patriotism and national interest. Widespread concerns about the domination of irrationality in contemporary politics.
