Adam Curtis on the History of Public Relations

In this documentary, Curtis looks deep into twentieth century history and examines the ideas that influenced American public relations.

This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy.
-- Adam Curtis

A Century of the Self:

Part 1, The Happiness Machines (the first few seconds did not make it into this video):



Part 2, The Engineering of Consent:



Part 3, There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed:



Part 4, Eight People Sipping Wine: