Edward Bernays
Sign in to saveAmerican propaganda and marketing pioneer (1891-1995)
Person
- Born
- 1891-11-22
- Died
- 1995-03-09
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Propaganda: Engineering Consent — Self - Publicist (archive footage)2018
- The Century of the Self — Self (archive footage)2002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 101
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,665x
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 27,505x
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,296x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 23,558x
- THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,941x
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Bernays , ( 1891-11-22 ) November 22, 1891, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- March 9, 1995 (1995-03-09) (aged 103), Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Cornell University (BS)
- Known for
- Public relations ( campaigns ) Advertising Books Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923) Propaganda (1928) Public Relations (1945) The Engineering of Consent (1955)
- Spouse
- Doris Fleischman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 ; died July 10, 1980</span>"}]]}'>1980 )
- Children
- Doris Held Anne Bernays
- Parents
- Ely Bernays (father) Anna (Freud) Bernays (mother)
- Relatives
- Martha Bernays (aunt), Sigmund Freud (uncle), Isaac Bernays (great-grandfather), Marc Randolph (great-nephew), Nicolae Steinhardt (cousin)
- Fields
- Psychology , sociology
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 November 1891
- Died
- 9 March 1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Spouse
- Doris Fleischman
- Occupation
- author
- Languages spoken
- American English
Article
Edward Louis Bernays (/bɜːrˈneɪz/ bur-NAYZ; Austrian German: [bɛrˈnaɪs]; November 22, 1891 − March 9, 1995) was an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations". While credited with advancing the profession of public relations, his techniques have been criticized for manipulating public opinion, often in ways that undermined individual autonomy and democratic values.
His best-known campaigns include a 1929 effort to promote female smoking by branding cigarettes as feminist "Torches of Freedom", and his work for the United Fruit Company in the 1950s, connected with the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of the democratically elected Guatemalan government in 1954. Bernays' involvement in Guatemala facilitated US imperialism and contributed to decades of civil unrest and repression, raising ethical concerns about his role in undermining democratic governance.
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