by editor | Mar 24, 2013 | COMOPS Journal, Movements, Narrative, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication
by Steven R. Corman On Thursday, March 20, Small Wars Journal published Narrative Landmines: The Explosive Effects of Rumors in Syria and Around the World by Scott W. Ruston, Chris Lundry, Pauline Hope Cheong and Daniel Bernardi. Ruston and Lundry are Assistant...
by editor | Mar 21, 2013 | Afghanistan, COMOPS Journal, Narrative
by Steven R. Corman A presentation by John Hagel, Chairman of Deloitte, at the recent SXSW conference has been getting a lot of play in the blogosphere. In it, Hagel advocates differentiating story from narrative. While he is right to draw the distinction and gets...
by greenberg | Mar 7, 2013 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Government, Narrative, Strategic Comm.
by Nathaniel Greenberg The Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute recently released a report entitled “Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications.” It contains important proposals for addressing some...
by lundry | Feb 28, 2013 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Complexity, Framing, Indonesia, Media, Southeast Asia, Strategic Comm.
By Chris Lundry Indonesian Islamist site syabab.com featured a story on Syria’s embattled leader Bashar al-Assad which states that his looming demise is the culmination of a “Western Plot.” This “news” is fascinating for those who have paid even just a little...
by lundry | Feb 22, 2013 | Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, COMOPS Journal, Media, Military, Narrative, Public Diplomacy & Strategic Communication, Research, Strategic Comm.
Professor Steven R. Corman, the Director of the Center for Strategic Communication and the Herberger Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, received the ASU Alumni Association Founder’s Day Faculty Achievement...
by lundry | Jan 22, 2013 | Analysis, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, COMOPS Journal, Framing, Indonesia, Media, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry It’s been an active 2013 so far for anti-terrorism efforts in Indonesia, but actions of the authorities continue to spur debate. On December 20, 2012, armed civilians shot and killed four members of the Indonesian Police Mobile Brigades and injured...