Walter Lippmann

In the article, “The Indispensable Opposition,” Walter Lippmann expresses his concern regarding freedom of speech by using ethos and backs up his reasoning by using imagery, juxtaposition, and motifs. Lippmann explains that freedom of speech is technically right given to all Americans but becomes a matter of pure toleration when listening to one’s opponent. He builds on his point by offering to explanations to his argument. He says the that we protect the right of freedom of speech because we…

Journalists as Democratic Agents & Keepers of Meaning (The Dewey-Lippmann Debate) “The majority is never right! Never, I say! That’s one of the social lies a free, thinking man is bound to rebel against. Who make up the majority in any given country? Is it the wise men, or the fools? ….” (Ibsen, 1882) The above question was posed by Dr. Stark, the protagonist in a popular Norwegian play by Henrik Ibsen. It not only reflects the mood of people in the end 19th – early 20th century,…

argues that The Truman Doctrine is completely misunderstood on many major points. Walter Lippmann debate that the policy is misjudging the Soviet believe and suggest that the American policy is a monstrosity. Lippman’s believed that these decisions will lead the war with the Soviet Union, as well as exaggerated the problem, military issues, and unnerve the American individuals by escalating the Cold War. Furthermore, Lippmann explained that what Soviet did was try to influence their own power…

Walter Lippmann defined stereotypes as “for the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see” (Lippmann p. 54-55). Lippmann expressed stereotypes as a characteristic element of human perception which makes it hard for humans to experience the world first hand. Lippmann stated stereotypes as someone else’s experience that becomes another person’s imagination. Our opinions come from other people’s perceptions. Lippmann writes that unfamiliarity and foreignness…

“Containment” is a geopolitical strategy that was predominantly used by the United States, and its allies, during the Cold War against the Soviet Union to impede the spread of communism. Following the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman, and his advisers, lacked a consensus of foreign policy necessary to deal with the Soviet threat and establish American hegemony. To help clarify the Russian perspective, diplomat George F. Kennan sent an eight-thousand-word telegram to Washington, D.C…

Vanessa Hernandez Timothy Wood, Political Communication October 1st, 2017 Reading Response I Jürgen Habermas, proposed in his 1962 article, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, his epic idea of a “single dominant public sphere” where citizens gather in order to debate “common concern.” Due to the inevitability of marginalization, the realities of human nature, and the illusory ideal that citizens are equipped with the necessary knowledge to rationally…

This ties in directly to Walter Lippmann’s thesis of of public opinion. Lippmann believed that we as peopled formed pictures within our head based on prior knowledge and this is how we often formed opinions. But the problem with doing so is often times skewed because “the pictures inside people’s heads do…

Those nerdy isolated people, glued onto their gizmos and doohickey as the hours pass by. Constantly scavenging new ways to help society. Techies have been trying innovating society’s lives, and therefore transforming people’s lives by making lifestyles much higher convenient and advanced. Therefore, nowadays people say that techies are “inevitable” to society, as people use technology almost every day. This is an ideal word “inevitable” since our day starts, people all around the world start…

Today stereotypes have taken over our lives in America. Sometimes we believe stereotypes without knowing that we do. Stereotypes are all around us and people must choose to believe them or not. Robert L. Heilbroner wrote an article that explains how stereotypes have consumed most of our lives. The main ideas of this article are how stereotypes have affected many people minds, how people judge others before observation, and how to change the mindset toward stereotypes. I will further explain each…

Vietnam’s War. As Malcolm interjected the media, civil right leaders and other political leaders received him as a treacherous and radical individual for Africa Americans’ rights. As results, Malcolm was seemed as an irrational and a delusional man. Walter Lippmann wrote an article that criticized the media in the 1960s and their broadcasts of Malcolm X ‘s messages interpretations. Likewise, many people received Malcolm X’s messages as unstable and unreasonable messages. Meanwhile, Malcolm X…