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Manipulation refers to the act of influencing or controlling someone or something in a skillful or unfair way for personal gain or benefit.
It involves using tactics such as lying, deception, flattery, or other forms of psychological pressure to gain an advantage over others.
Manipulation can occur in various contexts, including personal relationships, social situations, and professional settings. It is generally considered unethical and can harm the people who are being manipulated.
It exists everywhere in various forms because it is a human tendency to use persuasion, influence, or control to achieve personal or collective goals.
It can be intentional or unintentional, and it can be done for positive or negative reasons.
People manipulate for various reasons such as power, money, recognition, love, or control.
Contexts which Manipulations can occur.
Manipulations can occur in a wide variety of contexts. Some examples include:
Social Contexts: Manipulations can occur in interpersonal relationships, such as between friends, family members, romantic partners, or coworkers.
Political Contexts: Manipulations can occur in political campaigns, elections, and government decision-making processes.
Advertising and Marketing Contexts: Manipulations can occur in advertising and marketing campaigns aimed at promoting products or services.
Media Contexts: Manipulations can occur in media outlets such as news, social media, and entertainment platforms.
Academic and Scientific Contexts: Manipulations can occur in academic and scientific research, such as data manipulation or selective reporting of results.
Legal Contexts: Manipulations can occur in legal proceedings, such as through witness manipulation or jury tampering.
Financial Contexts: Manipulations can occur in financial markets, such as insider trading or market manipulation.
Cultural Contexts: Manipulations can occur in cultural settings, such as in the manipulation of cultural narratives or symbols.
Overall, manipulations can occur in any context where there is a power imbalance or an opportunity for one party to exert control over another.
In the coming days, I will be musing on specific contexts in which manipulations occur, especially in social contexts, more so in interpersonal relationships.
Are you a victim?
Let’s muse together.
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