University Launches Campaign to Battle Disinformation

Two Clemson University researchers have extensively studied the phenomenon of foreign political disinformation campaigns via social media. To combat this ...

Loose Lips Bring Down Starships

When Director J.J. Abrams was filming Star Wars Episode VII he put up a poster at Pinewood Studios that said “Loose lips bring down starships” ...

Facebook Rumor Stokes Fear of White Vans

Rumors spread through social media have become so ubiquitous, that even city officials have propagated them--despite a lack of actual corroborating evidence. ...

Getting to the Heart of Conspiracy Beliefs

Over the years belief in conspiracy theories have proliferated in America and in many parts of the world. Some of them include:

-The US government deposits ...

Gossip is Like Barnacles

In the Entre Leadership podcast, author Stephen Mansfield compares how barnacles slow down sea vessels to the affect gossip can have an organization or ...

White Powder in Cash Transaction Prompts Emergency Response

At a Cenex convenience store, seven people were taken to the hospital as a result of mysterious symptoms experienced by a cashier.

It started when one ...

A Mob Murders Two Men Based on a Rumor

In Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel The Ox-Bow Incident, an exited youth passes on a rumor that popular rancher has been murdered and his cattle stolen. ...

The Remarkable Power of Belief

You've all heard about "the placebo effect," the power of the brain to help alleviate pain or disease merely by the belief that treatment ...

Small Town Embittered by Anonymous Gossip

In September 2011, The New York Times ran an article about a small town in Missouri called Mountain Grove. Gossip and rumors have always existed in this ...

Lies' Long Lives

One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is a cat only has nine lives.