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Coverage dated October 24, 2026 to October 26, 2026

Netflix’s ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Is Rigged For Drama

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The series revisits one of psychology’s most notorious experiments, but its producers’ efforts to manufacture conflict undermine the question the show claims to examine.

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  1. Forbes

    Netflix’s ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Is Rigged For Drama (opens Forbes)

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    The series revisits one of psychology’s most notorious experiments, but its producers’ efforts to manufacture conflict undermine the question the show claims to examine.

  2. Hot Air

    The Stanford Prison Experiment: What Really Happened? (opens Hot Air)

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  3. Variety

    ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Creators Break Down Its Shocking Finale (opens Variety)

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    “The New Stanford Prison Experiment” ends on a far more hopeful note than Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo’s original 1971 trial. The first iteration of the Stanford prison experiment took 24 white male college students (save one Asian American) and paid them $15 a day to participate in…

  4. Phys

    Stanford prison experiment: Why do controversial psychology studies still have such a hold on us? (opens Phys)

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    Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram's obedience studies, have been called a sham, a lie and a fraud.

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