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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anthropologist Aleksandra Arkhipova studies contemporary Russian folklore, such as the fears and rumors associated with the war in Ukraine, as well as the media language used by the state propaganda ...

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 ...

The columnists Ezra Klein and M. Gessen discuss the message President Trump sent by ousting the president of Venezuela.