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?