Psychological operations or PsyOps is a multi-disciplinary capability that requires technology in the social sciences, as well as in areas of design, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), electronics, broadcasting and printing. It has been a part of warfare since early history. Over the ages, many of the tools and methodologies regarded as the vehicles of PsyOps delivery and employed to achieve both PsyOps effects and effectiveness, have both changed and stayed the same. This research proposes an evaluation framework for PsyOps. The purpose of this research is to investigate historical PsyOps and determine the evolutionary trend of these PsyOps with regards to growth in technology. Furthermore, this research also investigates the role that social media plays within the domain of PsyOps and how social media impacts PsyOps.
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Mouton, F., Pillay, K. and Van‘t Wout, M.C. 2016. The technological evolution of psychological operations throughout history. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2016), July 2016, Frankfurt, Germany, p. 266-278.
Mouton, F., Pillay, K., & Van‘t Wout, MC (2016). The technological evolution of psychological operations throughout history. Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSACN). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9186
Mouton, Francois, K Pillay, and Van‘t Wout, MC. "The technological evolution of psychological operations throughout history." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9186
Mouton F, Pillay K, Van‘t Wout, MC, The technological evolution of psychological operations throughout history; Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSACN); 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9186 .
Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2016), July 2016, Frankfurt, Germany. Source: https://www.cscan.org/default.asp?page=openaccess&eid=17&id=294
