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Day 3: Monsters Under the Bed: Decision-Making and Threat Perception******* Paper topics due via email by midnight tonight!
D-M: What are we having for dinner? When are we
going to war?How do you make decisions?
Where to go to dinner?
Prisoner’s Dilemma game
6 teams
Whoever gets the most points wins
Decision-MakingRational Choice
Pros-cons
Prospect theoryRisk acceptant for losses, risk averse for gains
Cognitive theories“Cave-men mentality”
Trust, fear, in-group, out-group
Why did our brains develop this way?
Threat Perception
Paper Tiger or Fire-Breathing Dragon?
Threat Perception
and Construction Long, complicated history between the US and China.
Propaganda & Threat
Construction What images does this poster portray?
Who is the intended audience?
How should this poster make the audience feel?
How does this poster present the enemy?
• Sir Stafford Cripps• Sent to India in 1942
to forge a deal between India and the UK to “keep it together” during WWII and allow independence afterwards
• Didn’t quite work out as planned
• April 1942• In the Washington Post
1878 political cartoon depicting Russia and England’s interests in Afghanistan
“If at the moment it has been decided to invade the Amer’s territory, we are acting in persuance of a policy which in its intention has been uniformly friendly to Afghanistan”- Times
Socialism is our launching pad
Glory to the Soviet people- the pioneer of space!
Enemies will certainly be defeated! (France, USA, China)
Colonialists, international traitors, think carefully before you take Vietnam
“Hate will last” and “Drive out the American imperialists. Let’s reunify our fatherland.”
(above) “It is exciting to play soldiers beating and seizing the Americans.”
Modern Propagand
aPutin Forever slideshow
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/04/putin_forever
Nashi (2007) http://video.on.nytimes.com/video/2007/08/07/world/1194817101307/the-putin-generation.html
What is the goal of propaganda?
Can you think of other forms of modern propaganda?