The first thing to say is that the First World War (WWI) put propaganda on the map as a major factor in modern war. Allies ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Peter Pomerantsev, a contributor at The Atlantic and author of This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, is an expert on the ways information can be manipulated. For this special ...

“If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” This quote is often attributed to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s infamous chief propagandist, and illustrates the founding principle of Nazi ...

Two senior Republican lawmakers, the chairs of the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees, say their colleagues are echoing Russian state propaganda against Ukraine. Researchers who study ...

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 ...