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Why It Is OpenThe model is often retrospectively credited to Harold Lasswell's 1927 propaganda studies, but historians of communication research have found that neither hypodermic needle nor magic bullet appears anywhere in his own writing, and describe the model as a possible strawman or myth manufactured by later textbooks rather than a theory any single scholar actually stated at a fixed date. 1 What Would Resolve ThisA definitive history-of-the-field study tracing the term's actual first coherent statement and its true originator, rather than the retrospective attribution to Lasswell that current textbooks repeat. 1 Discipline NeededHistory of communication research 1 Question Kind Question Status Reader Facing Open Question
The model is often retrospectively credited to Harold Lasswell's 1927 propaganda studies, but historians of communication research have found that neither hypodermic needle nor magic bullet appears anywhere in his own writing, and describe the model as a possible strawman or myth manufactured by later textbooks rather than a theory any single scholar actually stated at a fixed date.
What would resolve this A definitive history-of-the-field study tracing the term's actual first coherent statement and its true originator, rather than the retrospective attribution to Lasswell that current textbooks repeat.
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