PSYOP Instruction Part II: Planning And Delivering Media Products

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INTRODUCTION


The employment of any instrument of national power, particularly the military instrument, has always had a psychological dimension. Foreign perceptions of US military capabilities are fundamental to strategic deterrence. The effectiveness of deterrence hinges on US ability to influence the perceptions of others. Psychological operations (PSYOP) are planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. 


The purpose of PSYOP are to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to the originator’s objectives. PSYOP are a vital part of the broad range of US diplomatic, informational, military, and economic activities. PSYOP characteristically are delivered as information for effect, used during peacetime and conflict, to inform and influence. When properly employed, PSYOP can save lives of friendly and/or adversary forces by reducing adversaries’ will to fight. By lowering adversary morale and reducing their efficiency, PSYOP can also discourage aggressive actions and create dissidence and disaffection within their ranks, ultimately inducing surrender.


TOPICS by CHAPTER:


    PEFACE


    INTRODUCTION


1.  PSYOP - Designing Multimedia Products


2.   PSYOP Slides - Gather Information For Products 


3.   PSYOP Slides - Supervise the Production of Products   


4.   PSYOP Slides - Conduct Product Series Development


5.   PSYOP Slides - Selection Of Media 


6.   PSYOP Slides - Product Development And Design


7.   PSYOP Slides - Visual Product Development


8.  PSYOP Slides - Visual Product Development Part II


9.  PSYOP Slides - Audio Product Development 


10.  PSYOP Slides - Audiovisual Product Development  


11.  PSYOP Slides - Test PSYOP Products


12.  PSYOP - Leaders Planning Guide (U.S. Army Manual)


13.  PSYOP Video - PYSOP Team In Mosul, Iraq


14.  PSYOP Video - Another PYSOP Team In Mosul, Iraq


15.  PSYOP Video - 16th PSYOP Battalion, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois Part I


16.  PSYOP Video - 16th PSYOP Battalion, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois Part II


17.  PSYOP Video - 16th PSYOP Battalion, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois Part III


18.  PSYOP Video - PSYOP Unit in Afghanistan


19.  PSYOP Video - PSYOP Unit In Ownisayyedan Village  


20.  PSYOP Video - 349th PSYOP Company Conducting A Leaflet Drop In Afghanistan


21.  PSYOP Video - Soldiers And Marines Conducting a Leaflet Drop From A MV-22B Osprey In Helmand Province, Afghanistan 


23.  PSYOP Video - Marine PSYOP Producing And Distributing Leaflets