Edward Louis Bernays

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    About Edward Louis Bernays

    Edward Louis Bernays, known as the father of public relations, pioneered the field with his influential books Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923) and Propaganda (1928). He believed in the irrationality of the masses and their susceptibility to herd instinct, drawing on the works of Gustave Le Bon, Wilfred Trotter, Walter Lippmann, and Sigmund Freud. Bernays outlined how skilled practitioners could use crowd psychology and psychoanalysis to control them in desired ways.

    Edward Louis Bernays' Area of Expertise

    Public relations, propaganda, crowd psychology, psychoanalysis, mass manipulation, and persuasion techniques

    I geek out on...

    I geek out on understanding the intricacies of human behavior and using that knowledge to shape public opinion and influence the masses.

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