Twin Crises of Democracy and Journalism: Introduction to the mediastudies.press edition

Sue Curry Jansen (author)

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Title	Twin Crises of Democracy and Journalism: Introduction to the mediastudies.press edition
Contributor	Sue Curry Jansen (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.32376/3f8575cb.1adecce6
Landing page	https://www.mediastudies.press/pub/1ffvf17b/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	Jansen, Sue Curry
Publisher	mediastudies.press
Published on	2020-11-15
Short abstract	Liberty and the News was published a century ago this year.
Long abstract	Liberty and the News was published a century ago this year. A small book—consisting of two essays previously published in the Atlantic Monthly, joined together by a short introductory chapter—it seemed an unpretentious offering by Walter Lippmann (1889–1974). It was young Lippmann’s fifth book, and, as a compilation, commentators have long considered it a minor work. Yet the questions it raised about journalism and democracy became the catalyst for a period of generative thinking by the author, leading to his classic, Public Opinion (1922), and its sequel, The Phantom Public (1925). The issues this little book identified would continue to influence Lippmann’s thinking about the role of the media and the public throughout his long life.
Page range	pp. vii–x
Print length	4 pages

Liberty and the News was published a century ago this year. A small book—consisting of two essays previously published in the Atlantic Monthly, joined together by a short introductory chapter—it seemed an unpretentious offering by Walter Lippmann (1889–1974). It was young Lippmann’s fifth book, and, as a compilation, commentators have long considered it a minor work. Yet the questions it raised about journalism and democracy became the catalyst for a period of generative thinking by the author, leading to his classic, Public Opinion (1922), and its sequel, The Phantom Public (1925). The issues this little book identified would continue to influence Lippmann’s thinking about the role of the media and the public throughout his long life.