This propaganda apparatus was mobilized to "Make the World Safe for Democracy."
What was the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
100
It was his conviction that "there are no absolute truths."
Who was William James?
100
According to this 1916 Wilfred Trotter book, human beings are more inclined toward instinct than critical reasoning.
What is The Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War?
100
This corporation established a motion picture bureau that "distributed films free of charge..."
What is The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)?
100
This world event forged a reconciliation between the Roosevelt Administration and large-scale manufacturers.
What was World War II?
200
Palazzi's Newsday article carried this title.
What is "College Lite"?
200
In 1906, this 26th U.S. President coined the term for this style of journalism, a moral indictment of big business
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
200
His American Institute of Public Opinion made him a big name when it predicted a landslide victory for FDR in 1936 in the face of official wisdom. Later, he wrongly predicted our governor would beat Harry Truman.
Who was George Gallup?
200
He created the fictional George Babbitt, a man "whose god was Modern Appliances."
Who was Sinclair Lewis?
200
This California-based, husband and wife PR team cashed in by getting the American Medical Association and other clients into controversy.
Who were Clem Whitaker and Leone Baxter?
300
This man, according to Ewen, understood his work as "managing democratic appetites."
Who was Edward L. Bernays?
300
In 1916, this man warned a group of railroad executives: "There was a time when you thought that you were running a private business...you suddenly find you are not running a private business..."
Who was Ivy L. Lee?
300
He thought that "symbols were powerful instruments for forging mental agreement among people who -- if engaged in critical dialogue -- would probably disagree."
Who was Walter Lippmann?
300
He was the central figure of an entrepreneurial success story in Bruce Barton's 1925 best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows.
Who is Jesus Christ?
300
Infamous (and rarely cheesy) Sen. Joseph McCarthy represented this state as its junior Senator.
What is Wisconsin?
400
Ewen found out that Bernays was indeed still alive in a conversation with this man, not Kyle F. Reinson (although I could have told him that too).
Who is Richard Weiner?
400
One of Walter Lippmann's professors at Harvard, this man observed in his 1908 book Human Nature in Politics that: "Organized Thought has become typical."
Who was Graham Wallas?
400
He thought that, throughout history, social stability was the handiwork of "a small intellectual aristocracy."
Who was Gustave Le Bon?
400
This was a collective creation by a generation of Americans who were alarmed and outraged by the rampant destructiveness of "free market" capitalism.
What was The New Deal?
400
This man noted President Ronald Reagan's instinctive flair for "staging an event."
Who was Michael Deaver?
500
Edward L. Bernays viewed real public relations professionals as these.
What are applied social scientists?
500
This event led to Ivy Lee's testimony in which he explained that he, "...had no responsibility for the facts..."
What was the 1914 Ludlow Massacre?
500
Well before meeting his Waterloo, who said: "Circumstance? I make circumstance."
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
500
He established a routine of inviting reporters to state dinners and receptions, a practice that continues to this day.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
500
In 1943, Standard Oil of New Jersey (SONJ) hired this man to help create a populist tone for the company. His work as head of the Farm Security Administration's (FSA) photography project made him highly desirable.