...dimensions of propaganda, PR, and Astroturf in tones that echo the covert darkness of the postwar era. "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society," he wrote. "Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute...

...they ought to think is the way the social elite thinks. In 1928, Bernays wrote in his book Propaganda, The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in a democratic society... Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism... constitute an invisible government...

...social structure." 63 The opening lines of his 1928 book Propaganda make clear how the system works: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible...

...early as 1928, one of the founders of modern public relations wrote concerning the United States:26 [T]he conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society... Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible...

...control of communication and with it directed the mass mind, and this rule, although hidden, was total. "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses," Bernays wrote in his book, "is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this...

...advertisement makers] the truth is ultimately what the client wants the world to think is true Edward Bernays The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Edward Bernays The most pervasive myth of recent decades, the one which generates...

...Propaganda, that symbolic uses of language and images constituted "the currency of propaganda," and that "[t]he conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society" (Blumenthal 1982, 34-36). He also wrote that "If we understand the mechanism...

...interpretation of the power of the mass persuasion and propaganda industries in modern democracies: "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible...

...deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived." Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible...

...source is in the mechanical operations of the modern business corporation. When Edward Bernays speaks of "the conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses" as being "an important element in a democratic society," and goes on to assert approvingly that "we...