What is nationalism?
The policy of advocating the independence of one’s country.
The policy of advocating the interests of one’s own country exclusively, regardless of effects of a country’s actions on the other countries.
Cheonan warship incident
The US tends to foster conflicts between N and S Korea to exert millitary influence to them. !!
The US wants to prevent developme
III. The Four Main Issues
In this survey, we picked 4 issues, which got nationwide interest among Koreans. One of our goals is to figure out coexistence of the Rally effect and left-skewed, cynical attitude of blogs, we needed to select controversial issues and they should be criticized by bloggers. Selected ones are the Cheonan sinking, the mad cow fears, the 4 major rivers project and the
3. Three levels of analysis
We would like to analyze this dispute using three levels of analysis (individual level, state level and system level). The individual level explains international situation as being driven primarily by actions of individuals, or outcomes of psychological forces. The state level explains international situation as being driven by the domestic regimes of states, while t
Cheonanincident rose, whereas the general mood of the blogosphere was extremely against MB. However one needs to consider the rally effect here. So…
Would this phenomenon be mirrored in other major events during the administration?
…was the main question.
Marked increase in negative messages from the primary through showed a progression toward negative campaigning
Most state
Brinkmanship can be an effective choice in chicken game. That is, if you rush toward the other in drunken, or pull out the handle, you can show you do not have any intention to avoid to the other. In this situation, the other person may think that he is the only person who can decide ‘to avoid’ or ‘to crush’. Thus, the other person will choose to avoid (because it is at least better than