Human communication is an important factor in our lives, because it lets us understand each other. We communicate with the world around us in which we include our loved ones, those close to us and those that are not so close to us. Because of this reason, in each communicational process there is a slim chance of manipulation which can undermine relationships to the extent that once good friends become strangers, that family becomes a mystery or that a romantic partner becomes a bitter memory in our lives. Therefore, we must always pay attention to how we communicate with people around us and how much we are sincere in this communication because in this short time of our existence, the goal of life should be love, respect and honesty in every relationship because each one of them (however short they might be) brings us another life experience and wisdom. The objectives of the study were about how much we are aware when we’re manipulated, either through the media or in direct communication face to face, or when we ourselves manipulate people around us. The aim was to encourage each participant to think about honesty when they’re communicating, but also to lead them to look through history and think about who were skilled manipulators and public speakers. For the study we used a questionnaire tool Forms in Google Drive, and we received a total of 100 completed questionnaires containing 34 questions. The analysis of the study shows us that we can identify when others try to manipulate us, that we ourselves sometimes use manipulation (or at least some sort of persuasion techniques) to evoke a specific behavior in others, that today’s media uses manipulation in order to exert influence on us and that there were people throughout history that were skilled manipulators and public speakers who used their communication skills for the benefit of others, but also for their own egoistic ambitions.