This article explores the propaganda techniques developed since the birth of the field in WWI. It advises how businesses can make the best use of these techniques—ethically and honestly—to grow and ...

Colin Alexander does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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 situation happening with Russia and Ukraine has the world’s attention. And depending on where one sits in the world the narrative seen, heard, and believed can be radically different. Why is that ...

So steeped are we now in technologically sophisticated persuasion — over one million memes of all sorts shared each day on Instagram alone — that viewing the unpolished and sometimes outlandish ...

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 ...

I’m sick of all the false stories, lies, half-truths, omitted evidence... in short: propaganda that attempts to alter my beliefs every day in the media. Little things like... COVID-19 Orwellian ...

Committee on Public Information poster from 1917 promoting the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. W. D. Stevens/Library of Congress. In 1917, on the brink of the U.S. entry into ...

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 ...