About 50 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Psychological Warfare | RAND

    Oct 12, 2023 · Psychological warfare involves the planned use of propaganda and other psychological operations to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of opposition groups. RAND …

  2. Assessing Military Information Operations in Afghanistan, 2001-2010

    Apr 30, 2012 · This research brief offers an overview of the effectiveness of U.S. psychological operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010, with particular attention to how well messages and …

  3. U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan

    Apr 30, 2012 · The U.S. Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency environment, requested an evaluation of the effectiveness …

  4. Psychological Operations by Another Name Are Sweeter | RAND

    Jul 29, 2010 · The Department of Defense has decided to change the name of military psychological operations (PSYOP) and this is a good thing, writes Christopher Paul.

  5. Accordingly, RAND reviewed the efective-ness of U.S. military information operations (IO), focusing on psychological operations (PSYOP, now called military information support opera-tions) from late …

  6. Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991

    The Air Force should develop a cohort of PSYOP specialists and psychologically oriented intelligence specialists, including trained interrogators, to work with Army personnel in conducting and evaluating …

  7. About This Report This report explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare, with a special focus on the applications of emerging technologies and implications for the …

  8. The situation has been further complicated by the recent elimination of the term PSYOP, entailing, in the words of U.S. Spe-cial Operations Command (USSOCOM) commander ADM Eric T. Olson, a …

  9. Chinese Next-Generation Psychological Warfare: The Military ...

    Jun 1, 2023 · This report explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare, with a special focus on the applications of emerging technologies and implications for the United …

  10. Nov 19, 2002 · Given this study’s PSYOP empha-sis in assessing IO, it is useful to review the definition of PSYOP and their wide range of activities. PSYOP are planned operations designed to convey …