Author(s): Walter Lippmann

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Public Opinion is a book by Walter Lippmann, published in 1922. In his magistral study, Lippmann analyses the formation of social perceptions and beliefs that form public opinion, fundamental in democratic societies. Lippmann considers these phenomena always keeping in mind people's physiological limitations and inability to understand a lot about the world surrounding them. Public Opinion a seminal text in the fields of media studies, political science, and social psychology.