The “Father of PR,” Edward L. Bernays, shares his thoughts on his early days in public relations and propaganda:

And a bit on Bernays’ role in water fluoridation:

“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read the day’s newspaper,” says the KRON anchor.
Here’s a view on the future of journalism . . . as I might have seen on the evening news if I’d lived in San Francisco in 1981, the year I graduated [...]

Before our class discussion on the Evolution of Public Relations

Skim Chapter 2 in  Public relations: Strategies and tactics (9th Ed.)
Read the section for your chosen (or assigned) era carefully.

In class on Monday
In Era Groups

Break up into groups based on your chosen (or assigned) era.
Each person states one important thing to know about the era, one [...]