On the evening of March 3, 1990, three young girls were dancing together at a political campaign party at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Melrose, when an elderly gentlemen decided to join them.

Today’s Glenn Beck was kind of like an episode of Mad Men but with less Christina Hendricks and more Glenn Beck eating bacon. It all had to do with a history lesson on Edward Bernays, the “father of ...

I’ve been reflecting on my Twitter habits lately. I haven’t personally been harassed there, but I know a lot of people who have, and the company has a bad record when it comes to deciding which voices ...

Editor’s Note: The Nieman Foundation turns 75 years old this year, and our longevity has helped us to accumulate one of the most thorough collections of books about the last century of journalism. We ...

The father of modern public relations and spin, Edward Bernays was a cold, cynical manipulator of mass perception. He knew that by shaping people’s desires in a certain way, governments and ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Source: www.flickr.com There ...

There once was a man by the name of Edward Bernays who took his uncle’s theories and practices of psychology (and the subconscious) and applied them to the world of public relations. His uncle was ...

WHEN that famous psychologist, Mr. Phineas T. Barnum, arrived in London accompanied by General Thomas Thumb, he was there for the purpose of welcoming the curious to his box office. A less astute ...