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Cultural Network Analysis: A Cognitive Approach to Cultural Modeling

Sieck, W., Rasmussen, L. and Smart, P. R. (2010) Cultural Network Analysis: A Cognitive Approach to Cultural Modeling. In: Network Science for Military Coalition Operations: Information Extraction and Interaction, pp. 237-255, IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. ISBN 978-1615208555

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to describe a rigorous, end-to-end methodology for modeling culture as networks of ideas that are distributed among members of a population. The method, Cultural Network Analysis (CNA), represents an interdisciplinary synthesis of techniques drawn from the fields of cognitive anthropology, cultural and cognitive psychology, naturalistic decision making, and decision analysis. CNA is used to develop cultural models for groups and populations, typically depicted as a network representation of the culturally shared concepts, causal beliefs, and values that influence key decisions. CNA can be usefully employed for a variety of applications, including the design of tools to support multinational collaborative planning and decision making, the development of situated cultural training programs, and characterizing the cognition of target audiences to support strategic communications campaigns.

Item Type:Book Section
Creator/Authors:
Winston Sieck
Louise Rasmussen
Paul R Smart
Editors:
Dinesh Verma
Keywords:culture, mental models, cultural models, influence diagrams, epidemiology of ideas, ontologies, systems design
Research Group:Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science
Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
ISBN:978-1615208555
Date:31 March 2010
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ID Code:17740
Last Modified:23 Sep 2011 10:38
Deposited On:09 Jan 2010 16:37 by Smart, Paul

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