Google Video is hosting Adam Curtis’ “The Century of the Self,” a powerful BBC documentary on the use of psychoanalysis to perfect propaganda under the term “public relations,” both to control the crowds in democracies, sell products to the emerging consumer class, and to pander to populist political ideals. Four fascinating segments you should watch.

The Century of the Self - Google Video

If you have a shorter attention span, try the four minute: “The Rise and Fall of the Television Journalist”