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Public Discourse On Ethnic Diversity And Improvement Of Formal Education, Ibpp Editor Apr 2003

Public Discourse On Ethnic Diversity And Improvement Of Formal Education, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a commentary on the belief that ethnic diversity improves the quality of formal education.

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Ideology Watch: Television As A Source Of Violence, Ibpp Editor Apr 2003

Ideology Watch: Television As A Source Of Violence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a commentary on a commonly accepted belief about the causal relationship between viewing televised violence and the viewer’s violent behavior.

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Trends. Sniping As Terrorism And Terrorism As Sniping, Ibpp Editor Nov 2002

Trends. Sniping As Terrorism And Terrorism As Sniping, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the possible terrorist context of sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area in 2002, and the potential impact on global social cohesion.

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Internet Support Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor May 2002

Internet Support Of Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies aspects of the Internet that can facilitate terrorist operations

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Making Life And Taking Life: The Psychology Of Assassination In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor Aug 2001

Making Life And Taking Life: The Psychology Of Assassination In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the variants of assassination through linguistic analysis of political conflict within and between Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and a global context of nation-states and non-state political actors.

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Magic Treaties: Public Discourse On Ballistic Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Magic Treaties: Public Discourse On Ballistic Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores public discourse on the fate of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in the context of developing ballistic missile defenses.

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Scientific Facts, Misinformation, And Disinformation: On Media Violence, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Scientific Facts, Misinformation, And Disinformation: On Media Violence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques a recent publication in the American Psychological Association's (APA) flagship journal, American Psychologist. This publication asserts that media reporting on scientific research concerning the effects of media violence on human psychology underreports those effects and misinforms the public.

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Trends. Meanings And Words: Communication Catalysis And Reactivity In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Trends. Meanings And Words: Communication Catalysis And Reactivity In The Mideast, Ibpp Editor

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This article discusses the nature of public discourse and fact construction in the context of the conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.

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Rumor, Social Contagion, And Truth: Not So Strange Political Bedfellows, Ibpp Editor Jun 2001

Rumor, Social Contagion, And Truth: Not So Strange Political Bedfellows, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the shared epistemological foundations of the political communication of rumor and truth.

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Trends. Logic Limitations And Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor Jun 2001

Trends. Logic Limitations And Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the limitations of logic in truth-finding using public discourse on national missile defense as an example.

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More Word Games In The United States Presidential Campaign: Intervention And Isolation, Ibpp Editor Nov 2000

More Word Games In The United States Presidential Campaign: Intervention And Isolation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights a corruption of language in public discourse related to the United States (US) presidential campaign.

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Terrorism In The Mideast And The United States Republican Presidential Campaign: Ideological Terror And Public Discourse, Ibpp Editor Oct 2000

Terrorism In The Mideast And The United States Republican Presidential Campaign: Ideological Terror And Public Discourse, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the use of ideological terror by the United States (US) Republican presidential campaign in the wake of the terrorist attack on the USS Cole.

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Responding To Innuendo: A Case From The Ivory Coast, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

Responding To Innuendo: A Case From The Ivory Coast, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the psychological Issues involved in successfully responding to political innuendo.

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Trends. The Effects Of Televised Violence: Anecdotal Data From Lebanon, Ibpp Editor Jul 2000

Trends. The Effects Of Televised Violence: Anecdotal Data From Lebanon, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the effects of televised violence in Lebanon, and its impact on both Hezbollah and Israeli Defense Forces.

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Trends. Mixed Messages And Mixed Metaphors: 21st Century Political Discourse, Ibpp Editor Jun 2000

Trends. Mixed Messages And Mixed Metaphors: 21st Century Political Discourse, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the use of mixed metaphors in political communication.

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Trends. Are The Bush Missile Defense Guidelines Defensible?, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Are The Bush Missile Defense Guidelines Defensible?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses George W. Bush as a US Presidential candidate providing guidelines on the viability and nature of an anti-ballistic missile defense system for the United States, emphasizing the need for public discourse.

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Propaganda Analysis: The Personal Is Political, But The Political Is Personal, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Propaganda Analysis: The Personal Is Political, But The Political Is Personal, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article analyzes implications of a propaganda theme--viz., the personal is political.

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Trends. Wanted: An Internet Psychology, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Wanted: An Internet Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the prospect of analyzing internet psychology, or the impact of internet use on human psychology and political socialization.

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Online Counseling: Much To Do About Nothing In The Political World?, Ibpp Editor Apr 2000

Online Counseling: Much To Do About Nothing In The Political World?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the common issues in assessing the efficacy of online counseling.

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Two Schools Of Thought About The Political Psychology Of The Internet, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

Two Schools Of Thought About The Political Psychology Of The Internet, Ibpp Editor

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This article describes and critiques two common assumptions about the psychopolitical consequences of continual modification and dispersal of the Internet.

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The Last Article About A New Millennium? Alarms About Alarms About Political Terrorism, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Last Article About A New Millennium? Alarms About Alarms About Political Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the communication complexities in informing and alerting the general public about political terrorism.

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The Political Psychology Of Deception Research, Ibpp Editor Jun 1997

The Political Psychology Of Deception Research, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some substantive and ethical complexities in research on the psychology of deception.

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Hardball Politics, The Chinese Connection, And The Psychology Of Linkage: Some Implications Of, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Hardball Politics, The Chinese Connection, And The Psychology Of Linkage: Some Implications Of, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP has posited some effects of globalization on individual psychologies ("Political Psychology and Globalization" (Vol. 1, No. 13)) and political tactics and structures ("Psychopolitical Effects of Globalization on Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength" (Vol. 1, No. 14.)) This article describes how new information technologies and old principles of social psychology may be combined in an era of globalization for effective information warfare during political conflict.

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Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Part I of this paper (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 17) describes the conceptual problems inherent to propaganda as process. Now Part II will describe the psychological rationale for why propaganda is employed by governments and nonstate actors regardless of these problems.

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Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part I), Ibpp Editor Mar 1997

Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part I), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a number of conceptual problems with assuming that political propaganda is an effective tool in seeking political power.

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