PS270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Broadcast Network, Gulf War, Social Proof
Document Summary
The planned use of communications to influence attitudes and behaviour of people, often in preparation for, support of, and consolidation of the application of military force. Other terms used for psyops include information operations and non-kinetic operations (various terms introduced and dropped all the time) Nearly all of psyops is public -very little is secretive about it. Unite, inform, influence, and bolster the morale of friendly or neutral groups. Develop cooperative attitudes and behaviour in friendly or neutral targeted groups. Strategic: use of psyop to achieve broad long-term national goals. The voice of america -radio broadcast network that targeted eastern europeans -operations to beam radio transmissions in eastern europe to provide news and information more favourable to american countries. Operational: use of psyop to achieve mid-term goals in support of regional campaigns and major theatre operations. Tactical: use of psyop on the battlefield to achieve specific short-term goals. E. g. getting a small group of people in a situation to surrender.
