A Model of Propaganda Battle with Individuals’ Opinions on Topics Saliency

Abstract

A model of propaganda battle of two parties with multidimensional information agenda is considered. It is assumed that a member of the population faces the alternative of which of the parties to support and makes their decision basing on the value of information stimuli provided by the parties. The problem of choosing a strategy by a party is considered. This problem has a form of Blotto game, which is illustrated by a numerical example.