Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann by Lippmann, Walter [Paperback, 226 pages]

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Item Width: 6 in Format: Trade Paperback Publication Year: 2010 Item Height: 0.5 in Author: Walter. Lippmann Item Weight: 12 Oz Language: English Number of Pages: 226 Pages gtin13: 9781604599541 Topic: Sociology / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, General, American Government / General, Social Psychology, Political Ideologies / Democracy Publisher: Wilder Publications, Incorporated Item Length: 9 in Book Title: Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann UPC: 9781604599541 Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Psychology ISBN: 9781604599541 EAN: 9781604599541 MPN: N/A

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Public Opinion exposes how media can shape public perception and how that perception changes society. It is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially of the irrational and often self-serving social perceptions that influence individual behavior and prevent optimal societal cohesion. The detailed descriptions of the cognitive limitations people face in comprehending their sociopolitical and cultural environments, leading them to apply an evolving catalogue of general stereotypes to a complex reality, rendered Public Opinion