SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS IN MILITARY CONFLICTS
SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS IN MILITARY CONFLICTS
Author(s): Vespazian L. DragomanContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): Civil Society, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: promoting peace; rules of engagement; information environment; information operations; deception;
Summary/Abstract: Influencing actions are aimed at affecting or influencing the key elements of the actual or potential enemy on which the effectiveness of the decision-making factor or opinion leaders depend: the will of decision-making factors or leaders to act, the power of understanding and their perception regarding the respective situation, the capacity and/or means available to take action accordingly. To reach the desired purpose, the author points out that, as far as social influence is concerned, three types of activities are used, which cannot be clearly delimited, even if they influence each other, namely: typical/classic influencing activities; activities carried out against command and command capabilities; information protection activities. These include activities that can be carried out through passive means regarding own equipment, procedures and personnel, generically named operation security and information security.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 126-130
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
