CONTINUOUS WARFARE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFRONTATION (VIII)
CONTINUOUS WARFARE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFRONTATION (VIII)
Author(s): Mihail OrzeaţăSubject(s): Media studies, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: total warfare; permanent confrontation; psychological operations; manipulation; deception; disinformation; mass-media;
Summary/Abstract: Psychological confrontation is part of the total warfare and it is permanent. It consists of clashes between the will of warriors as well as of non-combatant populations, who sustain combatants during armed confrontations. Influence, disinformation, deception and manipulation are among the most known techniques employed by psychological operations. Mass-media is one of the best and most preferred vectors of psychological confrontations. Politicians, country leaders, company managers and religious leaders used and most probably will continue to use manipulation and other psychological techniques in order to achieve their goals.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 137-153
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English