Narcissists can be opportunistic and manipulative in ways that can be hard to spot. That’s why it helps to have tools to decode unsettling or mystifying interactions with individuals who meet the ...

From emotional manipulation to loaded language and false dilemmas, these are 29 of the most common propaganda techniques used in media, advertising, and politics. This breakdown helps you recognize ...

An interesting study by George Mason University grad student Brian C. Jones of the names lawmakers attach to bills and laws makes us breathe easier: We’re unlikely to ever see a bill titled “The Rudy ...

On April 16, 2015, one month after Russian soldiers entered eastern Ukraine and joined Moscow-backed separatists in the slaughter of more than 130 Ukrainian troops in a town called Debaltseve, Russian ...

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To most people, the word "propaganda" has negative connotations. It usually conjures up the image of a state bureaucracy, totalitarian in nature, running a highly-controlled information machine. We ...

Propaganda. Brainwashing. What if we have been subjected to these practices all our lives? Propaganda is the distribution of biased or misleading information used to promote a specific political point ...

Propaganda is not simply a tool of manipulation, and, in fact, a professor of communication suggests it may even be a necessary skill for any citizen to address global challenges. After carrying out ...

The lifting of most COVID legal restrictions on July 19 has been dubbed “freedom day” by some politicians and journalists. Though not an official designation, this popularisation of this moment with ...