Does your smartphone make you less likely to trust others?
Imagine you are visiting a new city and get lost on your way to that famous must-see museum. In times ...
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How media outlets around the world are reacting to US presidential campaign
When Donald Trump repeatedly claims the election is “rigged,” it doesn’t just undermine voter confidence at home. It can also ...
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One edition of Vogue featuring ‘real women’ will not solve the problem of body image
British Vogue magazine has launched an issue in which they took the unusual step of only photographing “real” women for ...
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Press freedom: Worrying signs as SA slips in global rankings
On 19 October 1977, the apartheid government in South Africa banned The World, the Weekend World and arrested the newspapers’ ...
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Children must be protected from robust food marketing
For the sake of future generations, it is critical that we teach our children to eat well: lots of fruit ...
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How advertisers seduce our subconscious
In 1957 Vance Packard’s book The Hidden Persuaders shocked the world by revealing that messages exposed subliminally, below our level ...
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