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Freud Informed Persuasion Tactics
- Bernays used Freudian ideas about unconscious drives to craft persuasive campaigns.
- He realized manipulating unconscious motives could mobilize mass behavior beyond simple advertising.
Manufacture Institutional Legitimacy
- Create the appearance of institutional support to generate legitimacy and media pickup.
- Use staged endorsements and campus events to seed news coverage even without real backing.
Reframing Changes Cultural Taste
- Bernays reframed cultural meanings to change tastes, e.g., persuading men to accept ballet.
- He used social pressure and opinion pieces to redefine masculinity and public norms.