Dr Jordan Peterson on Social Media Warfare, PSY Ops & Tik Tok.

This clip is from an interview with John Spencer, author of 'Understanding Urban Warfare'.
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Psyops (plural for psyop) refers to:

1. Military psychological operations aimed at influencing the attitudes, emotions, motives, objective reasoning, or behavior of an enemy, friendly, or neutral audience. These are non-combative operations designed to influence the state of mind and perceptions of a target population.

2. Specific military operations or campaigns carried out by specialized psychological operations units, often involving tactics like distributing propaganda leaflets or using psychological tactics to demoralize the enemy.

3. More broadly, the use of a person, phenomenon, or information by a government to influence the opinions and attitudes of a population for strategic purposes. This could involve tactics like spreading disinformation, leveraging influential figures, or shaping narratives through various channels.

In essence, psyops are psychological warfare tactics employed by militaries and governments to gain strategic influence over target audiences by shaping their perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors without the use of direct force or violence. Common psyops methods include propaganda, deception, rumor spreading, and exploiting cultural factors or grievances.


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