Debugging Narratives

Debugging Narratives is an original short-form editorial series by Elena Goldberg exploring propaganda, political rhetoric, negotiation strategies, and psychological influence through storytelling and strategic analysis.

Each episode deconstructs speeches, interviews, debates, and media narratives to reveal the persuasion techniques, cognitive biases, and communication frameworks shaping public opinion. Rather than debating political positions, the series focuses on the mechanisms behind influence, showing how narratives are built, why they work, and which psychological tactics make them persuasive.

Launched in 2026, the project rapidly gained traction, reaching over 3M+ views across social platforms within its first month and attracting an international audience interested in media literacy, critical thinking, and information warfare.

Available on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (selected content).

Ubumuntu Production Group collaborated with Elena Goldberg to develop the project's creative direction, including:

• Editorial storytelling strategy
• Visual identity and branding
• Content architecture and recurring series format
• Script structure and narrative flow
• Audience engagement strategy for short-form platforms.

The result is a distinctive media format that bridges journalism, behavioral psychology, and storytelling. Topics include Kremlin propaganda and information operations Political rhetoric and strategic communication, psychological manipulation and influence techniques, negotiation and persuasion frameworks, disinformation and narrative engineering, critical thinking and media literacy with a mission ro make the invisible mechanics of persuasion visible, helping audiences recognize manipulation, understand how narratives are constructed, and make more informed, independent judgments.