Crystallizing Public Opinion
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Book Overview When a Twitter Outage suddenly cuts one of the world's dominant information channels, the aftermath makes visible something Edward Bernay...
When a Twitter Outage suddenly cuts one of the world's dominant information channels, the aftermath makes visible something Edward Bernays described a century ago: the speed at which public attention can be redirected, reshaped, and leveraged the moment a familiar flow of information breaks.
The underlying mechanics have barely changed. First published in 1923, Crystallizing Public Opinion is the foundational text on how organized communicators manufacture consensus and steer collective behavior.
Bernays lays out the core persuasion techniques used to move mass sentiment - defining the "group mind," locating the pressure points where opinion is most pliable, and explaining why sudden disruptions in information flow, whether a silenced press or a downed platform, open windows of outsized influence.
He traces how these moments are exploited and what ethical responsibilities fall to the experts, institutions, and media operators who step into the gap.
Beyond technique, the book carries a pointed argument: when public attention is destabilized, moral and intellectual direction must be injected into opinion-shaping before less scrupulous actors fill the vacuum.
That thesis reads differently - and more urgently - in an era where a single platform failure can scatter millions of people across unfamiliar channels in minutes.
For anyone trying to understand why information disruptions produce such rapid shifts in belief and behavior, Bernays provides the structural explanation that most modern commentary still draws from, whether it credits him or not.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: START CLASSICS NBN | ISBN: 9798880903
FormatHardcover
ISBN9798880903
EAN9798880903573
PublisherSTART CLASSICS NBN
Publication Date2024-04-23
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.79 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height0.44 Inches
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