The Development of Communication Models, Quick Look
Abstract
In July 2019, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) endorsed a list of specific actions for the Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) DOTMLPF-P1 Change Recommendation (DCR). A requested action under item 1b asks for a process to develop a baseline understanding of the IE (Information Environment) and subsequently modify the model of relevant actor perceptions, attitudes, and other elements that drive behaviors. Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) initiate an effort to better understand and integrate information and influence into operational-level planning, execution, and assessment activities across the competition continuum. Information influences behavior through the process of communication, and so this report provides a review of formative communication models that underlay the baseline SMA Effective Communication Framework (Modeling Effective Communication), developed in support of the A3 request. That generic model of communication establishes a baseline understanding of the information environment (IE), as well as the role of relevant actor perceptions and attitudes that drive behavior. The models reviewed in this report are considered key developments in the theory of communication that undergird that model, and each provides a critical insight into operating in the IE. Models are essential in the sciences for focusing attention on relevant variables and exposing Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy predictive, or when possible, causal relationships (Bankes, Lempert, and Popper, 2002; Cioffi-Revilla, 2014). The models reviewed here are essential for decomposing the communication process into its constituent elements, and the lines, arrows, and shapes in the models described below represent different communication interactions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 20, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1118283
Entities
People
- Lawrence A. Kuznar
- Mariah Yager