Archive for September, 2008

Perception Management

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Perception Management. What is it? A question you might want to ask yourself. The answer in my opinion is quite simple: creating truth. However on the web you’ll find more answers on the real meaning of the word. The Wiki page will tell you the following:

perception management—Actions to convey and/or deny selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning as well as to intelligence systems and leaders at all levels to influence official estimates, ultimately resulting in foreign behaviors and official actions favorable to the originator’s objectives. In various ways, perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations.

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