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Geva, Nehemia., Mosher, Katrina. and Redd, Steven. "International Terror, Emotions, and Foreign Policy Decision Making" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mar 17, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p72848_index.html>

Geva, N. , Mosher, K. N. and Redd, S. B. , 2004-03-17 "International Terror, Emotions, and Foreign Policy Decision Making" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p72848_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Events such as September 11, 2001, as well as more recent cases in Saudi-Arabia and Tunis, send a powerful message to the American people and U.S. leaders that terrorism is no longer a phenomenon that can be ignored. While it is acknowledged that terrorist events trigger numerous emotions ranging from hate and revenge, despair and anger, to determination and resolve, the emotional component in foreign policy responses to terrorism has not generally been subjected to careful and scientific research. We argue that emotions influence both the processes and outcomes of foreign policy decision making. Emotions can affect information processing in two distinct ways. First, we posit that they will affect the cognitive capacity of decision makers. Emotions do this primarily by narrowing the choice set, i.e., the numbers and types of options that decision makers may consider en route to a foreign policy choice. In addition, they can lower the threshold for selecting a particular course of action by a priori reducing the amount of information to be processed per alternative. Second, emotions may have a thematic effect on the process of foreign policy decision making. Emotions may alter or modify the relevancy of incoming information during the decision task, in a sense, coloring information and introducing a form of selective attention. An experimental procedure will be used to expose participants to information on international crises, which will include various depictions of emotion-inducing terrorist incidents (portrayed by video clips presented by the news media). The experiment will introduce variations in the consequences of the incident in terms of casualties, and in the quality of information about the event. The participants will be asked to interpret the crisis and express support for a variety of pertinent policy choices. The experimental design will probe for the effects of the emotional reaction to the terrorist act on how much and what kind of information subjects acquire prior to their selection of an appropriate policy response to the event.

Terrorism, Negative Emotions and Sensitivity to Quality of Information in Foreign Policy Decision Making

Terrorism, Negative Emotions and Processing the Reliability of Information in Foreign Policy Decision Making