Resonance OPS: how developing social movements can operationalize ideologies
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Authors
Bowns, Gabriel R.
Subjects
ideology
ideologies
idea
social movement
organization
network
resonance
resonate
narrative
frame
meme
harmonic
antenna
influence
communication
information
pathway
consciousness
interpretation
bias
fallacy
violence
war
ideologies
idea
social movement
organization
network
resonance
resonate
narrative
frame
meme
harmonic
antenna
influence
communication
information
pathway
consciousness
interpretation
bias
fallacy
violence
war
Advisors
Strawser, Bradley J.
Date of Issue
2016-12
Date
Dec-16
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Many members of the United States government seem to misunderstand one of the most important concepts of social competition and politics—the interpretation of ideology. This qualitative study provides an explanation of how ideologies go to war armed with unique profiles for social movements. In a connected world, which includes prisons and other grievance breeding grounds, the spectrum of strategic to grassroots ideological warfare will never go away. Knowing how to fight influentially in the information domain requires a communication pathway with resonant messages for the intended audiences. After studying ideologies and social movements as domestic and international phenomena, my recommendation is an initial attempt to modify Special Operations organization and expectations and to improve their effectiveness in information warfare.
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Thesis
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.