| Strategic Communications in Opinion Diffusion |
Nov 2012 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Lin Li; Anna Scaglione; Ananthram Swami; Qing Zhao; CALIFORNIA UNIV DAVIS DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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 | We propose a strategic communication model and exploit its convergent properties to draw insights on how individuals influence each other's decisions. The starting point for this paper is the so called bounded confidence model in which agents update their opinions only when they are like-minded (i.e. their opinion distance is smaller than a threshold). In our model in addition to the existence of trust between interacting agents the agents also ... |
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| Culture, Identity, and Information Technology in the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. National Security |
Aug 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Pauline Kusiak; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This monograph describes strategic trends in cultural change and identity formation in the 21st century. While it is impossible to predict credibly the values and beliefs of future generations, the first part of the monograph provides a modest forecast by tracing global trends in the use of language and media, as well as in the use of information and communication technologies. The second part then draws out potential implications of ... |
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| Advancing U.S. Strategic Communication through Greater Civilian-Military Coordination and Integration |
Jun 2012 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Wendy A Kolls; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Government (USG) has placed greater emphasis on the importance of Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy to better understand, engage with, and influence foreign publics. The globalized and electronic-media driven information environment in particular creates new opportunities and vulnerabilities for the United States and its allies. As a nation at war, the United States has consistently responded with urgency to leverage all pillars of ... |
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| More Effective Warfare: Warfare Waged Psychologically |
Jun 2012 |
147 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Schaad; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Powell Doctrine for waging war was generally focused on the use of overwhelming physical force to defeat the enemy. Destroying enemy combatants and capabilities faster and more severely than the rate at which they can inflict losses has traditionally resulted in victory. Consequently, kinetic operations have always been at the forefront. Despite this predominance of kinetic operations, history has shown that technologically superior, militarily advanced, and numerically overwhelming forces ... |
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| DOD Strategic Communication: Integrating Foreign Audience Perceptions into Policy Making, Plans, and Operations |
24 May 2012 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Courts; John Pendleton; Jason Bair; Marie Mak; Ashley Alley; Erin Behmann; Debbie Chung; Martin de Alteris; Susan Ditto; Nick Jepson; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD officials are seeking to approach strategic communication as a process that leaders, planners, and operators should follow to integrate foreign audience perceptions into policy making, planning, and operations at every level. However, descriptions of strategic communication in several key documents including the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Framework for Strategic Communication characterize it differently. For example, the Quadrennial Defense Review describes strategic communication as the coordination of activities ... |
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| Understanding and Communicating through Narratives |
17 May 2012 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Gittipong Paruchabutr; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The military is increasingly using and relying on the term narrative in its lexicon. United States strategic guidance documents generally implore commanders to shape the narrative, doctrinal publications recommend that commanders exploit a single narrative, and operational plans direct commanders to execute an operational narrative. Although the concept of narrative is generally understood as telling a story, it is more important for practitioners to recognize narrative as a methodology for ... |
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| Information Operations, Finding Success as Afghanistan Draws to a Close |
04 May 2012 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Frank W Lazzara; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Information Operations (IO) has been a common focus when examining the successes and failures of the United States and its allies in their execution of both Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) over the course of the last decade. Strategic Communication (SC) and IO (at the operational level) have been applied with varying degrees of success but have not been decisive in the counterinsurgencies (COIN) that followed ... |
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| USCYBERCOM: Right Solution, Wrong C2 Structure |
04 May 2012 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
II Wood Daniel C; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The emergence of cyberspace as the fifth operational domain of warfare and the related disorganized efforts to conduct operations within it resulted in the Department of Defense (DoD) standing up United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) as a subordinate unified command under United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) to focus these efforts. However, a subordinate unified command structure contains inherent impediments that unnecessarily hinder the CDRUSCYBERCOM in the prosecution of his mission ... |
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| Information as Power: An Anthology of Selected United States Army War College Student Papers. Volume 6 |
May 2012 |
198 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey L Groh; Benjamin C Leitzel; Dennis M Murphy; Mark A Van Dyke; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Information as Power is a refereed anthology of United States Army War College (USAWC) student papers related to information as an element of national power. It provides a medium for the articulation of ideas promulgated by independent student research in order to facilitate understanding of the information element of power and to better address related national security issues. The anthology serves as a vehicle for recognizing the analyses of Army ... |
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| Strategic Communication in Pursuit of National Interests |
22 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Saiko Miyamoto; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The United States employs all available instruments of national power to pursue its national interests. Although the military element often plays a hard power role toward that end, it can and must perform a soft power function in operations such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Operation Tomodachi conducted in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the spring of 2011 provided an opportunity to examine how the military ... |
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| Information Operations and Public Affairs: A Union of Influence |
22 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Duane A Opperman; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The roles and responsibilities of public affairs and information operations can be complimentary. When the two functions are properly integrated, the unity of the communication effort supports the commander. Although public affairs and information operations are strategically designed to cover the battle space with overlapping fields of fire that both inform and influence audiences, gaps may exist. Both public affairs and information operations have defined mission sets and are necessarily ... |
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| Toward a Theory of Strategic Communication: A Relationship Management Approach |
22 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Cheryl D Phillips; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Currently the U.S. government uses the message influence model to conduct strategic communications. The model focuses on the message, which, if well-crafted, influences the receiver in the way that the sender intends. Unfortunately, experience in Afghanistan has shown that the message influence model is not very effective in helping the U.S. government achieve its strategic communications goals. This paper presents a theory-based alternative to the message influence model that will ... |
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| Social Media: More Than Just a Communications Medium |
14 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
III Thomas T R; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper draws attention to emerging national security challenges that the U.S. government and the U.S. military are likely to grapple with as a direct result of social media's increasingly disruptive influence. Accordingly, ideas contained herein will advance the position that social media is a multi-faceted entity that is more than just a communications medium or grouping of collaborative communications technologies as currently viewed by the U.S. government and the ... |
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| Breaking the Status Quo: Information and the Future Force |
12 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
IV Bircher John E; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As the global environment becomes increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, the military must transform the manner in which it develops, manages, coordinates, synchronizes, and employs capabilities to create effects in cyberspace and the information environment. In the 21st century environment of globalization, the current approach by the U.S. military is inappropriate to meet the challenges posed by nation states and nonstate actors pursuing and protecting national, socio-demographic, and niche ... |
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| Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Abroad: Gap Analysis and Survey |
Mar 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
William McCants; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Department of Defense's Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) issued a Strategic Communication Science and Technology Plan in 2009 that surveyed the government's programs in this area and their gaps. To keep abreast of the latest technological developments, this report is being updated for FY 2012. The updated report discusses domains for future investment in research and development (R&D) ,- identifies gaps and proposes new science and technology (S&T) initiatives; ... |
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| Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Aboard: Gap Analysis and Survey. Revision |
Mar 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
William McCants; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Department of Defense's Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) issued a Strategic Communication Science and Technology Plan in 2009 that surveyed the government's programs in this area and their gaps. To keep abreast of the latest technological developments, this report is being updated for FY 2012. The updated report discusses domains for future investment in research and development (R&D); identifies gaps and proposes new science and technology (S&T) initiatives; and ... |
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| Resilient Communication: A New Crisis Communication Strategy for Homeland Security |
Mar 2012 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon L Watson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current crisis communication plans and guidance at all levels of government focus almost exclusively on communication during a crisis, rather than a comprehensive approach that also addresses the timeframe well before and well after a disaster. Furthermore, existing crisis communication strategy does not include approaches to enhance resiliency in individuals and communities affected by disaster. A case study of the 2007 Greensburg, Kansas tornado assessed the crisis communication strategy surrounding ... |
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| U.S. Strategic Communication Policy Toward the South American Andean Ridge |
17 Feb 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy D Hodge; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Government and its people have a long relationship with the other Western Hemisphere nations. Over the centuries the strength of bilateral relations and the relations between the United States and various regions of the Americas have vacillated. Security issues, economic prosperity, and immigration are among the key aspects of those relationships. The challenge has been for the United States and its partners to clearly and consistently communicate ... |
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| Putting Veterans to Work |
13 Feb 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Donald J Modder; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States government must revise veteran employment programs. After ten years of combat operations, approximately 1,350,000 service men and women deployed overseas have returned home; projections are that one million more will leave military service in the next five years. Today s returning combat veterans find fleeting job prospects and dismal employment opportunities. The Federal government has failed to consolidate its efforts, improve coordination with nongovernmental organizations, and report ... |
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| The Cognitive Battlefield: A Framework for Strategic Communications |
01 Dec 2011 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Nicholson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Over the past 10 years, addressing what Strategic Communications is has been a challenge for the military community. It is at times referred to as a process, referred to in the context of the strategic level of war, and referred to in the context of anyone communicating at any level. The joint community has provided a definition of Strategic Communications and there has been a large amount of non-doctrinal discussion, ... |
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| Information Operations Primer |
Nov 2011 |
205 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This introduction examines Information Operations (IO) conceptually and doctrinally, but is intended only as a guide to facilitate academic discussion and is not authoritative. Both Army and Joint doctrine for Information Operations are being revised and will also be affected by the recent activation of U.S. Cyber Command. As of this writing, Joint IO and Cyberspace Operations doctrine are being developed in parallel with expected publication in summer 2012. |
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| DoD Complied With Policies on Converting Senior Mentors to Highly Qualified Experts, but Few Senior Mentors Converted |
31 Oct 2011 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our objective was to determine whether DoD implemented and complied with the Secretary of Defense memorandum, Policy on Senior Mentors, April!, 2010. Specifically, we determined whether DoD properly converted senior mentors to HQEs and consistently implemented the Secretary of Defense senior mentor policies. We reviewed the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), and selected Combatant Commands controls for implementing and complying with DoD policies for converting senior mentors to HQEs. We ... |
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| Military Review. July-August 2011 |
Aug 2011 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
John J Smith; Kevin Cutright; Marlys Cook; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS MILITARY REVIEW
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| Defense Department Cyber Efforts: DOD Faces Challenges In Its Cyber Activities |
JUL 2011 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| According to the U.S. Strategic Command, the Department of Defense (DOD) is in the midst of a global cyberspace crisis as foreign nation states and other actors, such as hackers, criminals, terrorists, and activists exploit DOD and other U.S. government computer networks to further a variety of national, ideological, and personal objectives. This report identifies (1) how DOD is organized to address cybersecurity threats; and assesses the extent to which ... |
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| Influence Operations: Redefining the Indirect Approach |
Jun 2011 |
211 pages |
| Authors:
Edward M Lopacienski; William M Grieshaber; Bradley M Carr; Carson S Hoke; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Across today's spectrum of contemporary warfare, the human terrain is routinely recognized as the center of gravity, but disconnects exists between how states or power holders seek to influence target audiences and how insurgents, terrorist groups, and similar nonstate actors fight to seize the population s cognitive terrain. Insurgents and nonstate actor threats increasingly seek the influence advantage through grassroots processes to subvert populations and establish asymmetric advantages against the ... |
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| Social Media and the U.S. Army: Maintaining a Balance |
19 MAY 2011 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Todd A. Moe; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Now that the Department of Defense has permitted the use of social media for both private and official purposes, the question becomes, can the military, the Army in particular, obtain the benefits sought from social media use without seriously compromising individual and operations security? Answering this question required an initial assessment of Army goals and objectives to determine why the Army risked the use of social media. The assessment revealed ... |
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| Shaping the Middle East in an Era of Revolution: Synchronizing U.S. Central Command Theater Engagement |
19 MAY 2011 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
John A. Robinson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This study examines the coordination of the Joint Phase 0 shaping activities that take place as part of Central Command theater engagement. The focus is on horizontal synchronization across staff elements and vertical synchronization through service components. The monograph identifies the strategies required to develop and execute successful synchronization of theater engagement in the Central Command area of operations, using the four-phase land and maritime targeting cycle, also known as ... |
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| Military Engagement with Social Media |
06 May 2011 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Johnathan H Lehman; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA
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| The military has a tremendous opportunity to strategically communicate with its members, allies, and even its enemies through a simple concept called social media. There has never been a better opportunity for an organization to instantly communicate with millions of people, yet the Department of Defense has spent the last several years struggling to establish or use a viable networking platform. We have the potential for over a million military ... |
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| Public Affairs: A Strategic Communication Force Multiplier |
04 MAY 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Kirsten G. Aguilar; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches many, both in and out of government, are concerned that the United States is losing the war on terror. This growing concern can be linked, in many ways, to overall national strategic communication (SC) efforts. Gaining ground in the war on terror will not come from kinetic actions alone. It is essential that the U.S. appropriately tailor the messages delivered to the international ... |
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| Social Media: Valuable Tools in Today's Operational Environment |
04 MAY 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Rudy Schoen; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The ever-increasing application of social media throughout the world, including in developing countries, signals a significant change in how new media concepts, approaches, and methods, will affect U.S. military commanders in the foreseeable future. As a result, theater-strategic and operational level commanders must more effectively leverage social media as tools for strategic communication and to gain a better understanding of the operational environment. This paper provides an assessment of how ... |
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| Organize and Optimize: CYBERCOM's Need to be a Unified Command |
04 MAY 2011 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Tamara M. Keene; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The recent establishment of the United States Cyber Command as a sub-unified command under United States Strategic Command is not optimized. Cyber Command should be a full functional unified command. The analysis will discuss why a unified command structure is preferred over a sub-unified command structure. Concentration on command and control, external relationships, and joint force presentation provide the reader focus areas. Joint Publication 1 helps explain the intricacies of ... |
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| Building Strategic Leader Competencies into Army Officer Development and Career Progression |
23 Mar 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Daryle J Hernandez; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Based on the observation that officer development and career progression are out of alignment with the requirements of the Army profession, this paper addresses two questions: What key competencies should the Army's strategic leaders possess?; and How can the Army better develop these key competencies? An analysis of current efforts and a review of several influential studies show that officer development and progression in the Army tends to follow a ... |
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| The Strategic Paradox of Social Networks |
18 Mar 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Cote; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| During the past few decades, the world witnessed social media s climb from relative obscurity to a primary means of communication for millions of people. Mirroring their civilian counterparts, military organizations and individual service members discovered the benefits of social media services like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The Department of Defense (DOD) recognized social media s value as a tool for strategic communication, and even approved the private use ... |
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| Can't Count It, Can't Change It: Assessing Influence Operations Effectiveness |
14 Mar 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher R Rate; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The effectiveness of strategic influence operations is often the subject of considerable debate, simultaneously coming under fire by skeptics of the general effectiveness of influence operations, and by those who would provide direction and resources for influence activities. Its future is dependent on practitioners' abilities to demonstrate its effectiveness in influencing the attitudes and behaviors of intended audiences. However, if you can't count it, you can't change it. This paper ... |
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| Strategic Communication: The Meaning is in the People |
06 Mar 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
David G Johnson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Strategic communication (SC) is an instrument of national power nested in both diplomacy and information. It is the orchestration of actions, images, and words used to advance or influence one's position. However, SC is often misunderstood and wielded without an understanding of how to use it effectively. If leaders, military or civilian, corporate or government, do not understand the communication process, they cannot effectively develop and implement a successful SC ... |
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| A Commander's Strategy for Social Media |
2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
III Mayfield Thomas D.; ARMY EUROPE AND SEVENTH ARMY APO NEW YORK 09403
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| In 1931, General MacArthur could not have imagined many of the forms of warfare that would be used just a few years later during World War II. He understood, however, that changes in methods and weapons could alter the nature of conflict. Just as machine guns, tanks, and aircraft changed the nature of conflicts, so did the telegraph, radio, television, and eventually the Internet. The advances today in the information ... |
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| Quick Reaction Test: Host-Based Security System |
DEC 2010 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy K. Holmes; Cesar E. Pie; DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY INDIAN HEAD MD JOINT INTEROPERABILITY TEST COMMAND
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| Under the leadership and shared vision of the United States Strategic Command, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Mission Assurance/Network Operations Program Executive Office, the DISA Joint Interoperability Test Command, and other Department stakeholders, the Department of Defense has successfully orchestrated a Global Information Grid-wide initiative in support of the institutionalization of the Host-Based Security System throughout the Department of Defense. The scope of the Host-Based Security System deployment will ... |
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| IO Sphere: The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations. December 2010 |
DEC 2010 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Charles Chenoweth; JOINT INFORMATION OPERATIONS CENTER SAN ANTONIO TX
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| This issue of IO Sphere is titled "IO in the Fight." At the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center (JIOWC) we believe that IO is always in the fight. From the beginning of planning through the completion of any operation IO must be planned for, resourced, executed, assessed, and evaluated the same as all other aspects of military operations. In the age of lightning speed communication and an ever connected and ... |
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| Strategic Communication Meets Public Diplomacy: DoD-DoS Collaboration at the Operational Level |
27 OCT 2010 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Richard M. Wilbur; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| In a world in which America's enemies have become adept at exploiting the information environment to overcome American superiority in conventional weapons, logistics, strategy and tactics, the U.S. government finds itself faced with the possibility of winning the battle and losing the war because of our inability to effectively engage with foreign publics and influence international public opinion. Within the interagency, debate continues over a national strategy and appropriate command ... |
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| Public Health Colloquium Conference Report |
Jul 2010 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Oscar Vaughn; COLORADO UNIV AT COLORADO SPRINGS
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| The purpose of this Colloquium exercise was for participants to identify issues and highlight the needs related to information gathering and sharing during a public health emergency. The scope of the Colloquium exercise was to discuss issues related to the detection of a health threat through surveillance and intelligence, the notification of decision makers that must be made following detection and the communication that must occur with the public. 1. ... |
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| Piercing the Fog and Information Superiority before the Information Age: The American Use of Information in War, 1776 |
2010 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Rodney J. Morgan; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Information superiority, the advantage achieved by collecting, processing and disseminating information while preventing the enemy from doing the same, proved as crucial to the Continental forces of 1776 as it does to the modern American military. On modern battlefields, the advantages of information superiority are achieved through the use of technological advances, including; global positioning systems, tactical satellite radios, unmanned aerial drones and computer networks. While doctrine for information superiority ... |
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| Commander's Handbook for Strategic Communication and Communication Strategy |
27 OCT 2009 |
189 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT FORCES COMMAND SUFFOLK VA JOINT TRAINING AND JOINT WARFIGHTING CENTER
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| This handbook is a pre-doctrinal document on "Strategic Communication (SC)" and the development of communication strategy at all levels of command. It provides fundamental principles, techniques, and procedures that are evolving in the joint community and moving toward incorporation into joint publications. This handbook serves as a bridge between current practices in the field and the migration into doctrine. As such, the intent is to inform SC proponents, practitioners, doctrine ... |
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| The Hunting of the Snark: Organizing and Synchronizing of Informational Elements for Homeland Defense and Civil Support |
01-Jun-2009 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
John M Wilson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The tension between Public Affairs (PA) and Information Operations (IO) illustrates the struggle to organize and synchronize informational elements in support of homeland defense and civil support. Public Affairs focuses on credibility by providing factual information in a responsive manner to present a positive image of the organization. Information Operations focuses on proactive operations that use influence to shape the information environment. Public Affairs and IO's purpose is to communicate ... |
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| Adopting Emerging Technology to Enhance Organizational Performance |
Jun-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
George Galdorisi; Jose Carreno; Antonio Siordia; Stephanie Hszieh; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| Successfully incorporating Web 2.0 technologies into large organizations remains both a challenge and an opportunity. Ambivalence surrounding the utility of these tools pervades even as demand for them increases. Adopted by some high ranking Defense officials, such as DoN CIO and the Commander, U.S. Southern Command, as information dissemination mediums, these efforts focus primarily on external, strategic communications. Successfully integrating these tools as mediums for internal governance represents a key ... |
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| Shaping Columbia's Stability through Strategic Communication: Evaluating U.S. Effectiveness |
21-May-2009 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Craig C Colucci; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Colombia's future hangs in the balance with dire implications for Latin America and U.S. national interests. After almost forty-five years of existential conflict, Colombia has the opportunity to be a peaceful and stable country, which is essential for regional stability and U.S. national interests. The Colombian government has the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, on the ropes. The FARC, a social revolutionary ... |
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| Center of Gravity Concept: Informed by the Information Environment |
18-May-2009 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Joakim Karlquist; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The information sphere is an integral part of the current environment. The center of gravity (CoG) theory currently is matched for conventional, linear, industrial age warfare in the physical domain. The CoG concept is thus not suited to work in the fast changing information environment and needs revision. Nevertheless, the CoG concept is deeply ingrained in United States military doctrine. The CoG concept can be refined to be useful in ... |
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| Joint Interagency Coordination Group - Cyber: Empowering the Combatant Commanders against the no-borders threat |
04-May-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Osvaldo Ortiz; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The worldwide proliferation of technology and increased ease of access to the Internet are facilitating cyber threats from a wide range of sources. From recreational hackers to organized terrorist organizations and legitimate nation states, the threats in cyberspace continue to increase and the points of origin are becoming more difficult to pin-point. The cyber attacks on Estonia and Georgia in 2007 and 2008, respectively, prove that cyberspace is a legitimate ... |
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| Command and Control of Network Operations |
30-Mar-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Robert A Barker; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Command and control of network operations is required to synchronize cyberspace operations, fully utilize the concepts of Joint Net-Centric Operations (JNO), and operate and defend the joint communications network. The current network operations command and control structure does not provide the Geographical Combatant Commander unity of command or unity of effort in his execution of these requirements. The 2008 Unified Command Plan (UCP) assigns the Geographical Combatant Commander authority over ... |
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| Information Operations: The Military's Role in Gaining Information Superiority |
17-Mar-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Dominique; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The use of Information Operations (IO) as an integration process is paramount in today's information environment to achieve information superiority. If it is true that information is an element of national power, then IO is the U.S. military's contribution to supporting the national information effort. Formalization of IO into the U.S. Army structure began in 1999 with the establishment of IO as a functional area. Over the past ten years, ... |
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| Challenging the Need for Democracy as a National Interest |
08-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Leela J Gray; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The United States should continue to support, shape, and encourage democracy around the world. However, the U.S should continue to engage by assisting the growth of freedom but without demanding democratization from nations and leaders. The U.S. should not elevate democracy pursuit as a battle cry which then serves to make us a lightning rod for accusations of hypocrisy and double standards, ultimately diminishing the message of democracy and the ... |
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