Tag Archives: stratcomms
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
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
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
