Propaganda is described as biased information used to misinform or promote a particular agenda or cause. It is designed to influence certain emotions or attitudes towards that specific agenda. It is ...
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 ...
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 ...
A new advertisement put out by the National Rifle Association — which calls on conservatives to fight the left with a “clenched fist of truth” — has the Women’s March demanding an apology, activists ...
In late October, I received an e-mail from “The PropOrNot Team,” which described itself as a “newly-formed independent team of computer scientists, statisticians, national security professionals, ...
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 ...
President Trump and his allies have ramped up their already heated rhetoric in the run-up to the November 6, 2018, midterm elections. It’s standard practice to “rally the base” during election season.
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 ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This game, whose full title is THE ...