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Title: Lecture 10: Distinctiveness (II): Shockwave Effect


1
Lecture 10 Distinctiveness (II) Shockwave
Effect the Virtual War
  • 26th February 2003 (Wednesday)

2
Structure of Lecture 10
  • Concept of a Psychological War
  • Stage Setting of 911
  • Its Psychological Meanings
  • Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network
    (MIME-NET) (I)
  • Osama Bin Ladens Side
  • MIME-NET (II)
  • The American Side
  • Conclusion Metamorphism of 911 by MIME-NET

3
PART IConcept of a Psychological War
4
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
  • Founder of Modern Psychology
  • Ancient Psychology at Temple Street
  • The Interpretation of Dreams
  • The Observation of Human Consciousness
  • The Hidden Concept of Human Sub-consciousness
  • The World of Sex

5
Psychological Studies of International
Relations
  • Theorizing the International Relations by
    Psychology
  • Abnormal Psychology Chairman Mao
  • Prospect Theory Gambling Behaviors of
    Risk-taking and Risk-aversion
  • Generational Politics
  • Direct Psychological Assault on your Enemies 911

6
Ronald Rumsfeld (US Defense Minister)
  • Pearl Harbor Incident
  • Rumsfeld Sr. in the Pacific Army
  • Against any Rogue States
  • Fans of President Theodore Roosevelt
  • The best prize life offers is
  • to work hard at work worth doing.
  • President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09)
  • Rumsfeld eradicating rogue states is the work
    worth doing
  • Generational Politics
  • http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bh/1773951.s
    tm

7
PART IISymbolic Meanings of 911
8
911 in the American Mindset
  • Emergency number ( 999 in HK)
  • First numerical sequence to be taught in
    childhood
  • Concept of Generational Politics
  • The most secured number ? the most insecure
    number
  • Upside-down of the Concept of Security
  • No more safe havens in the World?!

9
Numerical Scary
  • Magical Values of Numbers
  • The Gipsy Culture and the fortune-tellers
  • Crystal Ball and Taro Cards
  • The 666 Analogy
  • Story of Bill Gates and Microsoft
  • The 1999 End of World Prophecy
  • Y2K Numerical Problems
  • 911911911
  • Ability of the enemy to understand the numerical
    importance to the Americans
  • Ability of the enemy to demonstrate their CONTROL
    over the magical numbers

10
Symbolic Meanings of Twin Towers
  • Twin Towers, World Trade Centers
  • Build 1966-1977
  • Height 110 stories
  • Bible The Tower of Babel
  • Signal of contempt against the Heaven
  • Twin Towers Twin of Rome?!
  • Legendary Twin-Founder of Rome
  • Romulus and Remus
  • Comparison between Pax
    Americana and the Roman Empire

11
Armageddon?!
  • Christian Prophecy
  • Armageddon, Final Judgment by Jesus
  • 2000 the Millennium Menace
  • 2001-911 technical delay only?
  • Flooding of Ghost Stories

12
The Nostradamus Prophecy
  • Nostradamus (1503-1566)
  • French Astrologer
  • The Centuries (1553)
  • Prophecy of 10 centuries
  • Distortion of Original Order
  • Successful Foretold French Revolution,
    American Revolution, WWI, WWII, JFK Murder, Gulf
    War
  • 1999 as the end of the world?

13
Nostradamus Prophecy on 911?
  • The sky will burn at forty-five degrees
    latitude, Fire approaches the great new city
    Immediately a huge, scattered flame leaps up
    When they want to have verification from the
    Normans.
  • (45 degrees/ the great new city New York )
  • "In the City of God there will be a great
    thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while
    the fortress endures, the great leader will
    succumb,
  • The third big war will begin when the big city
    is burning.
  • Author College student named Neil Marshall

14
Messages from the Psychological Attack
  • Expecting Armageddon Essential Readings in
    Failed Prophecy (Jon Stone Ed.)
  • 911???????? (??)
  • Implications
  • Radical American Response after 911
  • The American Psychology is Vulnerable
  • Next Attack against USA Might be More
    Psychologically Planned and Executed

15
PART III MIME-NET American Side
16
Assigned Readings
  • Main Text James Der Derian In Terrorem Before
    and After 9/11 (BD P.118-127)
  • Supplementary Text Brian Jerkins The
    Organization Men Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack
    (HR P.1-14)

17
James Der Derians Argument
  • Professor, Institute of International Studies,
    Brown University
  • Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network
    (MIME-NET)
  • 911 fully revealed MIME-NETs Modern Capacity.
  • MIME-NET as real shaper of the world order.
  • Information Technology, War and Peace Project
    http//www.watsoninstitute.org/infopeace/
  • Bias
  • Only emphasized MIME-NET on the American side
  • MIME-NET on the Muslim side of 911 was equally
    significant

18
Iron Triangle
  • President Eisenhower (1960)
  • Military-Industrial-Executive Iron Triangle
  • Military (the Producer)
  • to make weapons for war
  • Industrial (the Rich People)
  • to earn money from selling new weapons
  • Executive (the Eagles)
  • to receive donations and gain support from the
    military and industrial

19
MIME-NET Iron Pentagon
  • Iron Triangle
  • Media (CNN Silicon Valley)
  • CNN War Against Terror http//www.cnn.com/SPECIALS
    /2001/trade.center
  • Setting 911 in the HEAVIEST Tone
  • Division of Labor in the Iron Pentagon
  • Media Political Role
  • Entertainment Social Role

20
Hollywood and 911
  • Hollywood and International Politics
  • What can you tell from Dr. Evil and Mini Me
    in the Hollywood Series of Austin Powers?
  • Hollywood and 911
  • Parallels of 911 Patriotism and Everyday Life and
    Entertainments
  • Echoed the CNN Theme in the SOFTEST Tone
  • American History in Patriotic Sound and Music
  • http//www.wavethemes.org/7Eusa/index.html
  • God Bless America by Celine Dion

21
American Battles against MIME-NETs of its
Enemies
  • In addition to the Propaganda War
  • War against Taliban (2001)
  • America Attack of Al-Jazerra (Qatar Gulf TV)s
    Television Station
  • NATO War against Yugoslavia (1999)
  • Accidental Bombing of Chinese Belgrade Embassy
  • Xinhua Agency Reporters and their Neutral
    Reports on the Yugoslavian Reactions
  • Chinese hackers Vs American official websites

22
PART IV MIME-NET Osama Bin Ladens Side
23
Qatars Gulf TV
  • Al-Jazeera Television Network of Qatar
  • Arab Worlds CNN
  • 35 million daily watchers in the Middle East
  • Only media established direct conversation with
    Osama Bin Laden
  • Report on the Truths against American
    Perspectives and anti-war protests in the West
  • Expansion in the CNN-way
  • http//www.aljazeera.net/
  • English Channel 2002
  • Beijing Office 2002

24
PR Gimmicks of Al-Qaeda
  • Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues inside
    Al-Qaeda assumed the roles of the Executive,
    Industrial, Military and Entertainer already
  • Image of Simplicity
  • Mullah Omar of Taliban
  • Standard Photo of Mingling with Fellow
    Followers
  • Osama Bin Laden
  • Arabic Clothing and Horses
  • Caves of Afghanistan

25
Tapes of Osama Bin Laden
  • Osama Bin Ladens Speeches after 911
  • October 7, 2001 (before USA bombed Afghanistan)
  • November 3, 2001 (midst of Afg. War)
  • December 13, 2001 (after Taliban collapsed)
  • December 26, 2001 (rumors of his death)
  • November 12, 2002 (East African Terrorism)
  • February 11, 2003 (on Iraqi Crisis)
  • http//www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/inte
    ractives.html
  • ? Bin Ladens Messages Terror on Tape

26
Ladens Message from the Videos and Tapes
  • Prophecy?
  • America will fall, etc, etc
  • Order and Instruction?
  • Signal Al-Qaeda and Followers to Launch New
    Attack?
  • Secret Codes Precedence of WWII
  • Western Censorship of Ladens Videos
  • Itself as an Attack?
  • Dash rumors of his death proved inability of
    Bush showed infallibility of the American
    enemies

27
PART V Conclusion Metamorphism of the
Original 911 Development?
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Significance of the Psychological Nature of the
911 Attack
  • Muslims Embrace of MIME-NET
  • Previous Bias against Modern Technology
  • Previous Inability to Infiltrate into Western
    World
  • Paradox
  • Against Islamic Preference of Non-propaganda
  • Against Fundamentalist Aspiration of Simplicity
  • Media Leakage of American Dominance Relatively
    Competitive among Various Spheres (political,
    economical, cultural)

29
The Mimetic War of Images
  • Wars and Conflicts of the Post-911 World Order
  • Not Something that we can actually see,
    understand, or even prove their existence
  • Wars and Conflicts on Cloned Images of Both
    Sides
  • Images in international news forged by MIME-NET
    of different sides
  • Images influence back the decision-making
    process
  • Images further reinstated in the psychological
    mindsets of fellow people

30
The Future
  • Before 21st century state-centric wars
  • Since 21st century network-centric wars
  • Computer War Games
  • Simulation
  • RPG
  • Networking
  • Virtual Reality influencing back the Reality

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