Genealogy of Perception Manipulation: State and Private Influence Operations (1920s-2020s)
Summary
Systematic inventory of perception manipulation operations since the 1920s, classified by type of actor (state, military, intelligence, private sector). From Bernays (1920s) to the Internet Research Agency (2010s), including Operation Mockingbird, COINTELPRO, the CCF, Soviet Active Measures, Propaganda Due, JTRIG from GCHQ, and US military PSYOPS, this catalogue reveals a constant: control of perception is the lifeline of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each generation develops the tools of the previous one and adapts them to available technologies.
Detailed context
Systematic inventory of perception manipulation operations since the 1920s, classified by type of actor (state, military, intelligence, private sector). From Bernays (1920s) to the Internet Research Agency (2010s), including Operation Mockingbird, COINTELPRO, the CCF, Soviet Active Measures, Propaganda Due, JTRIG from GCHQ, and US military PSYOPS, this catalogue reveals a constant: control of perception is the lifeline of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each generation develops the tools of the previous one and adapts them to available technologies.