welcome change

After three chapters of Ramage, this reading assignment was a welcome change! That said, i'd like to point out that although Bernay and Lippmann were pretty much discussing the same thing, I preferred Bernay's article. I think that he effectively used the hat example to describe persuasion and manipulation, in fact, all of his examples were appropriate. I felt like Bernay had a good understanding of what propaganda/persuasion is and did a great job explaining that to the readers. His article was a fairly easy read without the complications of so many examples.
Lippman's article criticize the public much more than Bernay's. He felt the public is, in paraphrasing, stupid and does not care about the things going on in the world. I felt he underestimated the audience a bit too much, although there are many people who would prefer not to vote because 'it doesn't matter anyway,' there are still many people who actively engage in the political scene.
Of the two, I felt Bernay's article was clearer and used the examples more effectively, however, they were both a major step up from the readings of Ramage.