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Manipulation Techniques

Manipulation Techniques

3 Tools to Generate Fake News

How easy is it today to create fake news on social media? The answer is: extremely easy! Free fake news generator apps are not new and have been really within
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How Social Media Affects Your Mental Health

We spend easily about 50% of our time awake looking at digital screens, between checking our social media accounts, shopping, gaming, news searching, and messaging. Recent surveys reveal that an
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Russia’s Information Operations in Ukraine

Information Operations are a set of sophisticated actions taken to influence public opinion as an integrated part of conventional and/or cyber warfare. Last February, Ukrainian banks were the victim of
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Bullshit Communication & Bullshit Receptivity

Bullshit is a communication that is meant to seem meaningful and impressive but, at the same time, is unclarifiably unclarifiable. Used in science, politics, and many other domains.. Let’s have a
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How to Deal With the Curse of Knowledge

The Curse of Knowledge may imply that an expert in a given field may have difficulty teaching beginners because the expert intuitively assumes that things that are obvious to him
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Cui Bono – “Who Benefits?”

Cui bono is a Latin phrase that means “who benefits?”, and is used to suggest that there’s a high probability that those responsible for a certain event are the ones who
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The Bandwagon Effect

The bandwagon effect can cause someone to adopt a certain political ideology just because they see that other people in their social circle have adopted the same ideology. The bandwagon effect is
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Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)

The fear of missing out (FOMO) is the concern that people experience with regard to the possibility that they’re missing out or will miss out on rewarding opportunities. One common example of
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