About the information war

I recently made my modest contribution to the "first blogger" as I wrote to Lenta.ru, describing my opinion in English to the best of my ability. Information confrontation - akin to rhetoric and rap. Serious men from the headquarters of the armed forces naturally spat on public opinion, because the main thing for them is to control their actions. And in vain, because it can not only limit their capabilities, but also affect the morale (as it was during the first world war with communist leaflets, for example).
Seven types of propaganda:

1. Emotional appeal . It is necessary to create a sense of security, love, happiness in a person, for example, using photographs of such people using the product; show courage and concern for the people
2. Motto Use the short catchy phrase, slogan, slogan. We remember both corporate “connecting people” and “wet the toilet”.
3. Recognition Take a celebrity, Vakhtang Kikabidze, for example, so that he would support the idea or become the face of a revolution / product / idea.
4. Bus musicians . Create a feeling that everyone is doing so - restore territorial integrity or protect their citizens.
   
5. Cause and effect . Drop all other factors and say that - only thanks to this product did you become smarter; once the skyscraper was blown up, only the terrorists are to blame.
6. Comparison of opportunities . When combined with emotional appeal - a great example when comparing a “bad” detergent powder with a good one. In our case, it can increase the difference in the strength of armies, in the number of casualties and so on.
   
7. Character . As a rule, a graphic sign or character causing an obvious association, such as in religions.

Psi operations

They pay attention to the thinking processes - it makes you think and get up to a certain point of view not so much on the actual, but on the psychological situation. The goal is the opinion of leaders and public organizations. In other words, this is propaganda , in fact - an information attack with the “right” entourage.
The role of "TV presenter" in the hostilities of Georgia was carried out directly by Saakashvili
and this is a plus, whereas from the Russian side it was Medvedev, then
Putin, then Lavrov, the military, or Kokoity with Bagapsh, which is natural
made a mess. Important political speeches should be addressed by addressing the people on the screen, preferably on a stylish background, and not in the office of another minister or at the Echo of Moscow press conference. In the USA, this is “White House” with a glamorous background, even in Estonia there is “Stenbocki maja”.
Georgia mainly focused on the psychological component, while Russia focused on the actual one. Later there were rumors about Georgia using a Belgian PR agency.

Georgia	Russia
Relations with senior officials of different countries Direct contact with CNN, BBC and interviews in English In direct circulation - flags of friendly countries in the background Rally in Tbilisi with loud phrases and popular support Support (in words) of Ukraine, the Baltic States, Poland; Loss of support for Israel, Australia	UN emergency meeting Losses of more than 1,000 civilians, peacekeepers attacked Support Cuba, Belarus, Kazakhstan Putin spoke about the double standards of the United States Numerous cartoons of Saakashvili and the bear

Independent military journalists and operators should not adhere to one or another party to the conflict and should like a red cross
search for the truth and help the victims in the true coverage of events, while not giving out military information about the movements and size of troops, otherwise there is a temptation in falsifying materials or killing people. Russia lacked this picture significantly, although this resulted in a powerful and swift response.

Counter propaganda

Protective actions to refute false, mitigate or neutralize enemy propaganda to reduce the effect on the minds of allies and create the foundations for a response info attack.

Georgia

Russia

The first attack on Tskhinvali was quickly forgotten, and in the Western press the first day got there in the words of Saakashvili as “large-scale Russian aggression” In response to the genocide, the Ossetians appeared genocide and stripping the Georgians Cowardice video of Saakashvili for western audience looked partly proof of the bombing Georgia did not interfere with foreign journalists, while Russia did not let them in - this in turn provided an opportunity for criticism from the Baltic The United States introduced doubt in the objectives of Russia, reducing it to the desire to change the regime of Saakashvili The lie about the bombing of the pipeline, about the occupation of Gori, about the movement of a column of tanks on Tbilisi and the Russian shelling of Tskhinvali which he "saw with his own eyes" also gave a psychological edge

Disproved information on the loss of aircraft, bombing or occupation of cities or ports Human Rights spoke about disinformation Revealing that Saakashvili is lying, including a cease-fire

Cyber ​​attacks

Sabotage actions to disable the sources of information of the enemy or to intentionally falsify the data transmitted through it

Georgia	Russia
Blocking of all Russian television and .ru domains for the local population Closing an administrative map on Google maps Silencing the connection of the military and replacing them with your own data to entangle the enemy Attack on RussiaToday	The attacks on the sites of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia forced those to move to the blogs of Google A flash mob to a CNN poll with a vote of 90% that the operation is peacekeeping

Original photo
')
ps When will the bug be fixed in the name of the nickname with underscore _? Can not open your page.