Social media users don’t need to endorse a message to spread it. They only need to find it compelling enough to share, writes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? Trace the history of the art of persuasion. Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies asks the question: why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? This film ...

Every year, I try to catch as many of the Academy Award documentaries as possible. And if there's a big doc that goes wild online or in theaters, I seek it out. To me, watching a documentary is like ...

In an appearance this past weekend, top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway suggested this presidential administration may rely on "alternative facts" - a doublespeak-tinted term that was roundly ridiculed, ...

Columnist Charles W. Milliken published two articles in as many weeks on these pages of The Monroe News and Daily Telegram regarding the topic of propaganda, in which he outlined and described the ...

Hitler’s speeches will be available online fully for this first time (Picture: Getty) Adolf Hitler’s speeches made as chancellor are about to be made available online for the first time. Researchers ...

"I meant to call you but didn't have time!" "I absolutely cannot afford a gym membership or a personal trainer!" "I'm not sure I have enough money to afford a babysitter." There is nothing I could ...