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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 - co-opting of digital technology (algorithms, automated scripts) for commercial, social or political purpose
• Media manipulation - 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

• Robotic manipulation
• Manipulator (device)
• Card manipulation
• Coin manipulation
• Hat manipulation

• Medical therapy manipulation

• Joint manipulation
• Spinal manipulation

• Data manipulation

• Bit manipulation
• Photo manipulation

Mathematics and science

• Manipulation of atoms by optical field
• Manipulative (mathematics education)
• Symbolic Manipulation Program
• Manipulator (insect), 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