Public Affairs: An Operational Planning Function to Safeguard Credibility and Public Opinion

Abstract

The thesis of this paper is that PA must be considered, planned and used as an operational function that coordinates the dissemination of information released in the public domain. Because the media now plays such a prominent role in military operations and it is a means by which national and international audiences get their information, PA must be planned in an operational context throughout all phases of conflict. Although the target audiences may differ when a commander is considering message dissemination through either the PA or IC channel, the consistency of the messages is important to credibility and therefore communication coordination is vital.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 09, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422803

Entities

People

  • Dawn Cutler

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Operations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Propaganda
  • Psychological Operations
  • Public Opinion
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.