Purpose
To present a new concept (Cognetics) intended to show how the amplifying power of global media is being used as a weapon of war by militant Islam.
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Definition
The term cognetic comes from the root words cognitive (relating to thought process) and kinetic (relating to, caused by, or producing motion). Currently, the term lacks a single, accepted meaning. I intend to use it in a unique way in order to define the essence of today’s fast-moving, unrestrained, nonstop global media (the Internet and transnational television) and their effect on public opinion and behavior.
To be cognetic is to put thought in motion with impact. Thought takes the form of messages created by specific arrangements of images, sounds, and words. Motion signifies the global media’s unrestrained and rapid movement of messages to a target audience. Impact represents the effect on public opinion and behavior caused by perceptions generated by the message.
Al Qaeda Continues its Downward Slide in Iraq and Beyond
Snop's CommentaryMore proof that Al Qaeda's stock is continuing to plummet. Ayman al Zawahiri sounds like he is getting frustrated with the lack of Muslims willing to rally to the Al Qaeda banner in Iraq in order to embrace the terror group's goals as part of a wider global insurgency. Moreover, To prove that all politics are local, Hamas flirted with ex-President Jimmy Carter's entreaties to work with Israel be it indirectly to settle their disputes. The mere thought of accommodating Israel in any way was enough to set off Al Qaeda's chief ideologue. Maybe the ex-Pres did us a favor in spite of the Bush administrations calls for him to not to meet with Hamas' exiled chief Khaled Meshaal. If in fact, he caused a cleavage to open up or helped identify a preexisting one between the two terror groups-the ex Pres unwittingly discovered a weakness worth exploiting in order to promote inter-militant Islamic discord. Read all about it here (
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