Walter Lippmann

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Walter Lippmann born?September 23, 1889
2. When did Walter Lippmann die?December 14, 1974 (age 85)
3. Where was Walter Lippmann born?New York City, USA
4. What is the career?Journalist, essayist, political commentator, and influential author for over six decades
5. Who was Walter Lippmann?Walter Lippmann was a famous writer from New York who studied how news and ideas shape what people think and feel.
6. What is the book "Public Opinion" about?The book explains that people use simple mental pictures, called stereotypes, to make sense of the world, and shows how the media helps create those pictures.

Public Opinion: The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by the population on a particular issue or set of issues.
Stereotype: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Cold War: A state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc.
Lippmann-Dewey Debate: A significant intellectual exchange on the role of the public in democracy and the function of journalism.