{"product_id":"public-opinion-by-walter-lippmann-a-classic-study-of-media-democracy-and-public-belief-hardcover","title":"Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann: A Classic Study of Media, Democracy, and Public Belief - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Lippmann's \u003cem\u003ePublic Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the foundational twentieth-century works on democracy, journalism, propaganda, and the formation of public belief.\u003c\/strong\u003e Published in 1922, the book examines how citizens understand events they do not directly experience, how news and political language shape perception, and how simplified mental images-what Lippmann famously calls \"the pictures in our heads\"-influence public judgment. Written after the First World War and amid the rise of modern mass media, it remains a central text for readers interested in political communication, media studies, public opinion, and democratic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLippmann argues that modern society is too complex for citizens to grasp directly, making the press, experts, symbols, stereotypes, and institutional systems central to political life. His analysis is not a simple attack on journalism or democracy, but a sober account of how public knowledge is made, distorted, organised, and used. For readers of political science, journalism, propaganda studies, communication theory, social psychology, and American intellectual history, \u003cem\u003ePublic Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e remains a disciplined and influential study of the modern public mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623662162143,"sku":"9781515432470","price":51.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Yaq4wZ5FKJ9781515432470.webp?v=1785551353","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/public-opinion-by-walter-lippmann-a-classic-study-of-media-democracy-and-public-belief-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}