Manipulation may refer to: * Manipulation (psychology) - the action of manipulating someone in a clever or unscrupulous way * Crowd manipulation - use of crowd psychology to direct the behavior of a crowd toward a specific action ::*

Internet manipulation Internet manipulation refers to the co-optation of digital technology, such as social media algorithms and automated scripts, for commercial, social or political purposes. Such tactics may be employed with the explicit intent to manipulate public ...

- co-opting of digital technology (algorithms, automated scripts) for commercial, social or political purpose ::*

Media manipulation Media manipulation is a series of related techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests. Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies, manipulation, outright deception (disinformation) ...

- creating an image or argument in the news that favors partisan interests ::* Market manipulation - interfering with the free and fair operation of financial markets. *

Object manipulation Object manipulation is a form of dexterity play or performance in which one or more people physically interact with one or more objects. Many object manipulation skills are recognised circus skills. Other object manipulation skills are linked to ...

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Robotic manipulation Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...

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Card manipulation Card manipulation is the branch of magic that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used in magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic. Some ...

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Coin manipulation Coin manipulation is the art of manipulating coins in skillful flourishes, usually on or around the hands.Money Magic, pp. 175-221. Although not always considered coin magic, the tricks are sometimes used in magic shows. The difficulty of the tric ...

::* Hat manipulation * Medical therapy manipulation ::* Joint manipulation ::*

Spinal manipulation Spinal manipulation is an intervention performed on spinal articulations, synovial joints, which is asserted to be therapeutic. These articulations in the spine that are amenable to spinal manipulative therapy include the z-joints, the atlanto ...

* Data manipulation ::* Bit manipulation ::* Photo manipulation

Mathematics and science

Manipulation of atoms by optical field When a group of atoms is super-cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, they form a Bose–Einstein condensate, a state of matter where quantum effects can be observed in the macroscopic system. In this state, the trajectories of the atoms can ...

* Manipulative (mathematics education) *

Symbolic Manipulation Program Symbolic Manipulation Program, usually called SMP, was a computer algebra system designed by Chris A. Cole and Stephen Wolfram at Caltech circa 1979. It was initially developed in the Caltech physics department with contributions from Geoffrey C. ...

Manipulator (insect) ''Manipulator modificaputis'' is an extinct cockroach which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period. The holotype specimen is fossilized in a 100-million-year-old piece of Burmese amber, which was found in a quarry of volcanoclastic mudstone (a ...

, an extinct predatory cockroach

In entertainment

* ''Manipulation'' (film), a 1991 British animated short film * ''Manipulated'' (album), a remix album by Gravity Kills * ''Manipulator'' (The Fall of Troy album), 2007 * ''Manipulator'' (EP), an EP by Arsenal * ''Manipulator'' (Ty Segall album), 2014 {{disambiguation