Loury warned against a future shaped by systems of self-censorship. “Argumentation becomes ritual, compromise becomes betrayal. This culminates in what can be described as the collapse of common ...

For decades, Americans’ trust in one another has been on the decline, according to the most recent General Social Survey. A major factor in that downshift has been the concurrent rise in the ...

Whenever an authority has influence over a population — be it a social media platform moderating user comments, a government imposing laws on its citizens, or an employer placing restrictions on ...

The debate continues over Disney’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggested that ABC affiliates should pull Kimmel’s show or face action from his ...

Education also shapes who self-censors and how. One analysis of the rise of self-censorship reports that Jul findings suggest that more formal schooling can increase the tendency to self-censor, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Glenn Loury, the first speaker of the “How to Speak Your Mind/How to Change Your Mind Speakers ...

HONG KONG(AP) — From 18th place to 140th. That's how much Hong Kong's ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline are the shutdown of pro-democracy newspaper ...

In an era when social media blurs the line between public and private speech, how do people decide whether to speak their minds or stay silent? A new study from researchers at Arizona State University ...

When advertising executive Osborn invented the "brainstorming" method in the 50s, he popularized it with a powerful image. The term literally translates as "storm in the brain". The principle, which ...

CBS Evening News producer Alicia Hastey left the network and shared a parting note with her colleagues. On Wednesday1, New ...