Public Opinion
In what is widely considered the most influential book ever written by Walter Lippmann, the late journalist and social critic provides a fundamental treatise on the nature of human information and communication. As Michael Curtis indicates in his introduction to this edition. Public Opinion qualifies as a classic by virtue of its systematic brilliance and literary grace. The work is divided into eight parts, covering such varied issues as stereotypes, image making, and organized intelligence. The study begins with an analysis of "the world outside and the pictures in our heads, " a leitmotif that starts with issues of censorship and privacy, speed, words, and clarity, and ends with a careful survey of the modern newspaper. The work is a showcase for Lippmann's vast erudition. He easily integrated the historical, psychological, and philosophical literature of his day, and in every instance showed how relevant intellectual formations were to the ordinary operations of everyday life. Public Opinion is of enduring significance for communications scholars, historians, sociologists, and political scientists.
272 pages, 43 editions
English edition · First published 1965 by Free press · ISBN 9780029191309
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43 editions
English
- Public Opinion · Free press · 1965 · ISBN 9780029191309 This page
- Public Opinion · Aeterna · 2026 · ISBN 9781444432534
- Public Opinion: Illustrated Book by Walter Lippmann · The Lost Book Project · 2025 · ISBN 9781918305296
- Public Opinion: Illustrated Book by Walter Lippmann · The Lost Book Project · 2025 · ISBN 9781918305289
- Public Opinion (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) · Warbler Press · 2024 · ISBN 9781962572576
- Public Opinion · Zinc Read · 2023 · ISBN 9789358588750
- Public Opinion · Independently published · 2022 · ISBN 9798831873627
- Public Opinion · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2022 · ISBN 9781015420151
- Public Opinion · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2022 · ISBN 9781015424722
- Public Opinion (Illustrated Classics) · Independently Published · 2021 · ISBN 9798728845089
- Public Opinion · Digireads.com Publishing · 2020 · ISBN 9781420967708
- Public Opinion (Annotated) · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798613001514
- Public Opinion · Cosimo · 2020 · ISBN 9781945934957
- Public Opinion · Independently published · 2020 · ISBN 9798550963784
- Public Opinion · Lector House · 2019 · ISBN 9789353362799
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781985855311
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781717173669
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781722414535
- Public Opinion · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2018 · ISBN 9780343796358
- Public Opinion · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2018 · ISBN 9780341838654
- Public Opinion · Independently Published · 2018 · ISBN 9781982934743
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2017 · ISBN 9781545011416
- Public Opinion · Independently Published · 2017 · ISBN 9781520358536
- Public Opinion · [distributor] Taylor & Francis, c/o Bookpoint · 2017 · ISBN 9781138531208
- Public Opinion (Classic Reprint) · Fb&c Limited · 2017 · ISBN 9780265244913
- Public Opinion · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2015 · ISBN 9781340655952
- Public Opinion - Primary Source Edition · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2014 · ISBN 9781294654698
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2013 · ISBN 9781484150290
- Public Opinion · Merchant Books · 2013 · ISBN 9781603865456
- Public Opinion · Rough Draft Printing · 2013 · ISBN 9781603865432
- Public Opinion · Dover Publications · 2012 · ISBN 9780486119908
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2011 · ISBN 9781466281196
- Public Opinion · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2011 · ISBN 9781463529291
- Public Opinion · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 2010 · ISBN 9781163489550
- Public Opinion · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 2010 · ISBN 9781163117347
- Public Opinion · BiblioLife · 2008 · ISBN 9780554358659
- Public Opinion · Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 2007 · ISBN 9780548186053
- Public Opinion · Nu Vision · 2007 · ISBN 9781595478184
- Public Opinion · Filiquarian Publishing, LLC · 2007 · ISBN 9781599866840
- Public Opinion · Indy Publish · 2006 · ISBN 9781421984933
- Public Opinion · Dover Publications · 2004 · ISBN 9780486437033
- Public Opinion · Indypublish.Com · 2003 · ISBN 9781414262109
- Public Opinion · Free Press Paperbacks · 1997 · ISBN 9780684833279
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