Weapons of Democracy: Propaganda, Progressivism, and American Public Opinion

by Jonathan Auerbach

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