Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 book Public Opinion.Lippmann also played a notable role in Woodrow Wilson's post-World War I board of inquiry, as its research director. His views regarding the role of journalism in a democracy were contrasted with the contemporaneous writings of John Dewey in what has been retrospectively named the Lippmann-Dewey debate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Lippmann has received more than 952,456 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Walter Lippmann is the 883rd most popular writer (up from 923rd in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Writer.

Walter Lippmann is most famous for his work in journalism and political theory. He is best known for his 1922 book Public Opinion, which is about the role of mass media in democracy.