Talk:Harold Lasswell

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 January 2021 and 14 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Emmareside. Peer reviewers: Mbour181, Dunsno, YWCMN2160, ColinAndersonUofO.

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5/16/06 - Removed unverified paragraph

9/2/10 - Changed Lasswell's description as a "student" at Yale to "professor." Lasswell was a student at Chicago, and started his academic career there, but spent most of his career (1946 to 1970) teaching at Yale, where he was named Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law and Political Science. Dr. T. (talk) 14:32, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2/20/21 - Added information on Lasswell's education and degree. I attempted to add more information to create depth in his section on education. Emmareside (talk) 07:43, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2/20/21 - I am going to be editing this article and have a couple sources that I will be using. I would love to know your input. (I will be using more additional sources as well, this is just a start)

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Harold Lasswell". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Feb. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Lasswell. Accessed 20 February 2021.

Gabriel. A. Almond. "Harold Dwight Lasswell". Biographical Memoirs, edited by Gabriel. A. Almond, National Academy of Sciences, 1987, Volume 57, pp. 249 - 250.

Emmareside (talk) 07:50, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Politics[edit]

Describe politics in harold lasswell's definition 105.112.229.231 (talk) 09:55, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: COMM 500 Theory and Literature of Communication[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Lynnpj29 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Mitsuo500, Vsiguenza.

— Assignment last updated by Mitsuo500 (talk) 02:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Revised article[edit]

I added a section on Lasswell's biography, including early life, education, teaching career, professional affiliations and honors, and later years.

I merged the work and contributions sections, adding subsections on propaganda, content analysis, political psychology, garrison state, model of communication, policy sciences, and human rights and future implications.

For the publications section, I added additional articles and books.

I added images of Lasswell's model of communications and a propaganda poster.

I updated the infobox with additional details about his education and work. Lynnpj29 (talk) 07:31, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]