Walter Lippmann’s Ethical Challenge to the Individual
This essay analyzes in hermeneutic fashion random concepts of the individual from three of philosopher Walter Lippmann’s major works, Liberty and the News , Public Opinion , and The Phantom Public . The article addresses the following: By considering Lippmann’s multileveled representation of the ind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-01-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012440812 |
| Summary: | This essay analyzes in hermeneutic fashion random concepts of the individual from three of philosopher Walter Lippmann’s major works, Liberty and the News , Public Opinion , and The Phantom Public . The article addresses the following: By considering Lippmann’s multileveled representation of the individual, 21st-century media professionals can become empowered to avoid emotivism and strive toward a more narrative-based form of ethics. The article compares and contrasts Lippmann’s representation of the individual with John Dewey’s Great Community and Daniel Boorstin’s notion of the pseudo-event. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |