Crystallizing Public Opinion

Edward Bernays' 1923 classic Crystallizing Public Opinion set down the principles that corporations and governments have used to influence public attitudes over the past century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernays, Edward
Other Authors: Horowitz, Mitch
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : G & D Media, 2019.
Edition:Original Classic edition.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Foreword; Part I: Scope and Functions; 1 The Scope of the Public Relations Counsel; 2 The Public Relations Counsel; the Increased and Increasing Importance of the Profession; 3 The Function of a Special Pleader; Part II: The Group and Herd; 1 What Constitutes Public Opinion?; 2 Is Public Opinion Stubborn or Malleable?; 3 The Interaction of Public Opinion with the Forces That Help to Make It; 4 The Power of Interacting Forces That Go to Make up Public Opinion
  • 5 An Understanding of the Fundamentals of Public Motivation Is Necessary to the Work of the Public Relations Counsel6 The Group and Herd Are the Basic Mechanisms of Public Change; 7 The Application of These Principles; Part III: Technique and Method; 1 The Public Can Be Reached Only Through Established Mediums of Communication; 2 The Interlapping Group Formations of Society, the Continuous Shifting of Groups, Changing Conditions and the Flexibility of Human Nature Are All Aids to the Counsel on Public Relations; 3 An Outline of Methods Practicable in Modifying the Point of View of a Group
  • Part IV: Ethical Relations1 A Consideration of the Press and Other Mediums of Communication in Their Relation to the Public Relations Counsel; 2 His Obligations to the Public as a Special Pleader