Editing Character assassination (section)

==Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics==
Founded in 2016 in cooperation with the ISSCA, the Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics (CARP) includes scholars with disciplinary homes in psychology, history, communication and public relations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Research Lab for Character Assassination and Reputation Politics |url=https://communication.gmu.edu/research-and-centers/carp |website=Department of Communication |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> With investigators from [[George Mason University]], the [[University of Baltimore]], and the [[University of Amsterdam]], the CARP team focuses efforts along three main dimensions: research on historical and contemporary examples of character assassination; education for academic and public audiences about character assassination causes, impacts and prevention; and risk assessment to determine vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies for public figures concerned about their reputations. The Mason CARP website features materials about the lab and its activities. The CARP Lab additionally publishes a blog<ref>{{cite web |title=Blog |url=https://carplab.wordpress.com/blog/ |website=Character Assassination and Reputation Politics Research Lab |publisher=Wordpress |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> and is affiliated<ref>{{cite web |title=Character assassination (Global) |url=http://www.in-formality.com/wiki/index.php?title=Character_assassination_(Global) |website=Global Informality Project |publisher=MediaWiki |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> with the Global Informality Project, a leading online resource for the world's open secrets, unwritten rules and hidden practices, broadly defined as "ways of getting things done."<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Informality Project |url=http://www.in-formality.com/wiki/index.php?title=Global_Informality_Project |website=Global Informality Project |publisher=MediaWiki}}</ref>

In 2017 and 2019, CARP hosted two international conferences that welcomed numerous U.S. and international researchers and academics studying different aspects of CA. The proceedings and report of the CARP 2017 conference "Character Assassination in Theory and Practice" can be found on the Mason website.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Icks |first1=Martijn |last2=Keohane |first2=Jennifer |last3=Samoilenko |first3=Sergei |last4=Shiraev |first4=Eric |title=Character Assassination in Theory and Practice |date=2017 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/chssweb/documents/25632/original/Final_CARP_Report.pdf?1500493596 |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Conference |url=https://communication.gmu.edu/research-and-centers/carp/2017-conference |department=Department of Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>

The CARP 2019 conference "Character Assassination and Populism: Challenges and Responses" featured critical input from practitioners in crisis management, journalism, and public relations. The event attracted scholars from twenty countries around the world.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aburdeineh |first1=Mariam |title=Character assassination conference promotes dialogue aimed at solutions |url=https://www2.gmu.edu/news/575491 |access-date=28 April 2019 |department=News at Mason |publisher=George Mason University |date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

In 2019, the CARP Lab published its first handbook titled "Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Samoilenko |first1=Sergei |last2=Icks |first2=Martijn |last3=Keohane |first3=Jennifer |last4=Shiraev |first4=Eric |title=Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=UK |isbn=978-1138556584 |edition=1st}}</ref>