The Solution to the Dewey/Lippmann Debate
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Apr 15, 2014
Keywords:
democracy, public, democratic elitism, news media
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In the early twentieth century, John Dewey and Walter Lippmann engaged in a social and philosophical debate concerning the role of media in a democracy. In the Age of Information, the importance of the Dewey/Lippmann debate could not be more apparent. While knowledge is power, information can be used to control the masses or empower them. Utilizing a Deweyan approach, I attempt to synthesize Lippmann’s intellectual elites and Dewey’s artistic concept in order to propose a possible solution to the nearly century long feud.
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