Box office numbers aren’t the only thing that are indicators of a movie’s success. A study from the University of Turin analysed the way movies have performed on IMDB. The study focused on whether or not they have been influential for other movies or culture. Although box-office numbers are certainly […]
Behavioural scientist Jon Levy has hosted more than 150 dinner parties for high-profile guests in his New York City apartment. The catch: Guests cannot discuss their careers until they sit to eat. In eight years, Levy has formed a community of influential people who use their influence to support nonprofits […]
A Grattan Institute study into lobbying and influence in politics recommends a cleaner and fairer system in Australia. Federal MPs should be stopped from taking lucrative lobbying roles when leaving parliament. And political advertising spending should be capped to reduce the reliance by political parties parties on a few big […]
An airline says a Chinese ban on tour groups visiting the Pacific nation of Palau has forced it to end its services “indefinitely.” Palau Pacific Airlines said sales plummeted since China began fining tour companies for planning trips to Taiwan allies Palau and the Vatican last year. Beijing has been […]
China’s influence operations in Australia are growing and gaining more attention. An advertiser in an independent Chinese-language newspaper had security agency officers camp in his Beijing office for two weeks until he ended his advertising. Other advertisers in Australia have been called into Chinese consulates to have hours-long ‘tea chats’ […]
CIA Director Mike Pompeo failed to disclose links to a company owned by the Chinese government during his 2017 confirmation. The CIA defended Pompeo’s omission saying, “He would have no reason to know details on the layers of companies” that worked with a business he ran in Kansas. But in […]
The key difference between China and Russia’s influence campaigns is that China is better at it, according to a former adviser to Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. John Garnaut said in testimony to the US House Armed Services Committee that western countries had “failed to recognise a lot of the […]
The latest research shows we should be wary of assuming that our followers are thoughtful and caring. We tend to think those from the same political party can be influenced by persuasion. But those on the opposite side of political need to be coerced to shift their views. In a […]
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