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 government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," journalism ...

Propaganda. Brainwashing. What if we have been subjected to these practices all our lives? Propaganda is the distribution of biased or misleading information used to promote a specific political point ...

Disinformation is a buzzword and the source of significant disruption and conflict across the globe. Starting with the Donald Trump presidency — with its accusations of “fake news” — disrupted ...

Three governors from blue states appeared before the House Oversight Committee on June 12, 2025, in what can be accurately described as a Republican-led hate fest. Tim Walz was one of the “offenders” ...

As the war in Israel rages, an ongoing struggle to control the narrative of the conflict is unfolding between Hamas and the Jewish state. This propaganda battle is not novel, as it has long been ...

An internal Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) investigation, conducted by retired Major-General Daniel Gosselin, has concluded that the military’s top brass took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to launch ...

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On July 6, 1916, a poster depicting Uncle Sam beckoning viewers to enlist in the U.S. Army appeared in an issue of Leslie's Weekly, a popular U.S. magazine. The poster's creator, James Montgomery ...

A chilling portrait of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi master of propaganda who fathered the "big lie", disseminated the Fuhrer myth, and leavened his mass persuasion with mass entertainment. This film ...

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 ...