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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

At a recent academic conference, Tom Huckin put a couple of dozen copies of his syllabus on a table. He didn’t anticipate much interest. Still, he was proud of his new course, “Contemporary Propaganda ...

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 ...

That social media platforms Facebook and Twitter have been the primary vectors for online disinformation and propaganda is now a matter of fact. But, three years after the twin shocks of Brexit and ...

One of the most effective and devious methods of mass deception is falsely accusing others of one’s own misdeeds. This is called “projecting” or “accusation in a mirror,” and it was used by: • corrupt ...

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 ...