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Walter Lippmann
1889–1974
A pioneering American journalist and political commentator, Walter Lippmann shaped modern thinking about media, public opinion, and democracy. His influential book Public Opinion and celebrated newspaper column made him one of the most important voices in twentieth-century political writing.
6 Audiobooks
A preface to politics
by Walter Lippmann
Public opinion
by Walter Lippmann
A preface to morals
by Walter Lippmann
Liberty and the news
by Walter Lippmann
The phantom public
by Walter Lippmann
Drift and mastery : an attempt to diagnose the current unrest
by Walter Lippmann
About the author
Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) was an American journalist, writer, and political commentator born and raised in New York City. A Harvard graduate, he helped found The New Republic and built a career that spanned roughly six decades of American public life.
His books, especially Public Opinion (1922), examined how media and mental shortcuts influence the way people understand politics and society. Lippmann also helped popularize the modern psychological meaning of “stereotype” and is credited with introducing the term “Cold War” into political discussion.
He advised government during and after World War I, later writing a widely read newspaper column. His work earned two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1958 and 1962, and he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.