As Part of Its Counterterrorism Efforts, the U

question 11

Multiple Choice

As part of its counterterrorism efforts, the U.S. Department of State ran a social media campaign against ISIS in 2014. The state department's strategy included a YouTube video that parodied ISIS recruitment efforts. The video mocked ISIS in graphic detail, juxtaposing disturbing images of prisoner crucifixions, mosque bombings, and severed heads with ISIS claims that joining the organization will lead to some kind of promised land. Although this PR strategy is often viewed as less ethical, mediated diplomacy of this type is seen in a positive light when a cause is perceived to be just. This type of mediated diplomacy is an example of __________.

• A) Mythological communication
• B) Dialectic communication
• C) Monologic communication
• D) Discourse communication

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Definitions:

Past Memories

Recollections of events or experiences from an individual's previous life.

Spreading Activation Model

A theory in cognitive science that explains how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that thoughts spread across the brain's network of neurons based on their associations.

Procedural Memory

A type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an incidence of amnesia.