What social media users have in common with prisoners of war

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN What do modern social media users have in common with the American soldiers who chose not to return to the United States after being held as prisoners of war in North Korea? More than you might think, according to one professor. We are all potential victims of mind control, according to Rebecca Lemov, a historian of science at Harvard University and author of the new book “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind…

What do modern social media users have in common with American soldiers who decided not to return to the United States after being held as prisoners of war in North Korea? More than you can imagine, according to a teacher. We're all potential victims of mind control, according to Rebecca Lemov, a science historian at Harvard University and author of the new book “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion.” Americ…