Pictures in our Heads

There are perhaps two important points to derive from Lippman’s story then. The first is the way humans use symbols to create ‘pictures’ of how the world is. Lippman’s story illustrates that how the world is represented matters because it shapes how humans vunderstand the world. And, how humans understand the world affects how they act in the world. The second is that these pictures are created and disseminated via material infrastructure. In the case of Lippman’s story, news travels on a ship.