Tag Archives: socialmedia
Sorry Russia, All Your Base Are Belong to US – HA HA HA
In a blatant piece of Russian Propaganda, Russia Today announced in dramatic fashion that the U.S. Military is (insert scary music) dunh, dunh, dunnnn. . . “Taking Over the World!” – “The World Wide Web That Is. Twitter – Facebook … Read More
Social Media and the "Rat-Pac"
A couple weeks back I had the fortunate opportunity to talk with the folks at the US Pacific Fleet when Theresa Donnelly, their Public Affairs Community Relations Director, reached out to tell me about the command’s new Facebook page and … Read More
SOUTHCOM: Encouraging Social Media Experimentation
With an increasing number of military leaders and commands experimenting with social media, I decided to reach out to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and see what lessons they might share with the community. After a couple tweets with @southcomwatch (SOUTHCOM’s … Read More
Moldovan Protests Leverage Social Media
As protests broke out in Moldova protesting the country’s Communist leadership, news agencies such as the Telegraph (‘Students use Twitter to storm presidency in Moldov‘) and New York Times (‘Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter’) emphasized the popular … Read More
The Iranian Blogging Revolution
After writing a snarky piece about Iran and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s social media efforts, I’ve turned my attention to a more important issue – the Iranian blogosphere. Unknown to many, Iran has become the third largest nation of bloggers. While some … Read More
Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a Blog…Don’t We All
Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has his own blog at Personal Memo’s where global citizens come to praise him. The most interesting section is the comments column; I’ve included a few of these “honest” gems for your amusement: George Cheng Shu shu…@gmail.com … Read More
China's Strategic Social Media Force – the "50-cent Army"
China employs an army of paid social media activitists – sometimes dubbed the “50-cent Army” – who are paid to post and engage across the Social Web, thus actively influencing internal and external opinions of China. Often referred to as … Read More
General Caldwell Creates an Army of Social Media Warriors
In Aug of 2006, the Department of Defense issued an Immediate Infosec/Website Alert Message to ban blogs and other activity sharing information across the internet. Flash forward to early 2008 and you find General Caldwell, formerly the top spokesperson in … Read More
Social Media and Perception Management Challenges
I was browsing Jeff Bentley’s twitterstream the other day and his tweet below inspired some thoughts on perception management and military conflict. Jeff ended up writing a post about Perception Management and Internet Marketing, but for me his tweet inspired … Read More
Defense Science Board "Human Dynamics Study" Advocates Social Media Expertise
The Defense Science Board recently released Understanding Human Dynamics, a report spawned by the need to understand the human dimension of war given the nature of the “war on terrorism” and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the entire … Read More
