The enduring capacity of slippery slope messaging to sabotage incremental policy-making.

By Håkon Syrrist
Published: December 13, 2022

How Russia's use of reflexive control can drive an opponent to the point of paralysis.

By Serena Balani
Published: June 14, 2022

The playbook behind populism that continues to fuel its global rise.

By Nathan Yax and Angela Fraioli
Published: April 13, 2022

How do certain conspiracy theories catch on and why are we so inclined to believe them?

By Kelcee Sykes
Published: February 07, 2022

How straw men rely on the brain's tendency to take cognitive "shortcuts" and why they are so durable.

By Jahnavi Akella
Published: November 19, 2021

How social media posts from foreign actors fuel domestic polarization.

By Blaire Hobbs
Published: November 12, 2021

Why we see prominent political figures reverting back to scapegoating and demonization.

By Keren Binderman
Published: August 13, 2021

How poisoning the well can insulate a politician from governmental oversight and media scrutiny.

By Nicholas Jaramillo and Samy Amanatullah
Published: April 19, 2021

Exploring the paradox of why colossal, outlandish lies can often be easier to believe than smaller mistruths.

By Tanvi Mishra and Nicholas Jaramillo
Published: January 27, 2021

How astroturfing creates the illusion of authenticity and faux consensus.

By Brennen Mahon
Published: October 07, 2020

From "law and order" to MAGA - why dog whistles may be even more powerful than overt appeals to racism.

By Katy Glynn
Published: September 14, 2020

Why politicians all too often take to championing cultural sacred cows.

By Michael Gordon
Published: August 15, 2020

Anti-intellectualism vs. guilt by association: The story of two Brexit campaigns.

By Katy Glynn
Published: August 04, 2020

The success of Nazi ideology can be understood through the role of propaganda in the Third Reich.

By Nicholas O'Shaughnessy
Published: November 22, 2019

The origins of fake news and how it can be used to destroy a democracy from the inside.

By Tara Jons
Published: August 30, 2019

How nicknames exploit a glitch in the human psyche that equates repetition and familiarity with truth.

By Katy Glynn
Published: July 19, 2019

Sinclair's infamous scripted announcement for nearly 200 of its local news anchors.

By KC Dennison
Published: April 20, 2018

The origins of propaganda through the work of Edward Bernays and the resulting birth of American consumerism.

By Tara Jons
Published: March 11, 2018