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Now you see it; now you don’t – Politics, reason and Jihad in Presidential debates!

Posted in analysis of behavior, business strategy, economics, information theory, media, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Things are complicated out there. You may or may not be aware that your nervous system filters out the massive amount of data that your senses are exposed to. As a matter of conservation of energy (real and metaphorical) you are attending to very little of your environment based on your history and the current [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech – Behaviorist Perspective, post 3

Posted in analysis of behavior, economics, politics, religion, speculation, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

John H. Bryant writes:
Behaviorally speaking, what happened when Barack Obama spoke on religion yesterday?For some, like the way I approached the speech and later his presentation, Obama’s speech might have seemed to be about religion… or perhaps the American Black experience… or perhaps the generational tug of our past with what is important to [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech Distribution – Behaviorist Perspective, post 2

Posted in analysis of behavior, media, politics, religion, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Barack Obama’s speech was so full of interesting threads. The issue of religion and our ever more confusing association with a particular religion, its leaders and its every rule is central to Obama’s speech – and likely some of his more robust and potentially inflamatory arguments.
I’m posting this article recently published by my friend [...]

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Barack Obama’s Speech Distribution – Behaviorist Perspective, post 1

Posted in analysis of behavior, media, online advertising, politics, social networks, tagged , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Check out these headlines pulled from Google News regarding the recent Obama speech (full text).  The context and content of the speech make this an excellent media event to analyze.  It’s full of taboo issues  and the stakes are sky high.  Doesn’t hurt that this is an incredibly active political season.
What can we gather about [...]

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