Accession Number:

ADA476331

Title:

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2008-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

159.0

Abstract:

The 2007 Defense Science Board DSB Task Force on Strategic Communication has written this report within the context of a larger study, the DSB 2007 Summer Study on Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. The summer study recognized that effective strategic communication, coordinated and executed in association with all aspects of national capacity, can help to prevent and limit conflicts and greatly enhance responses to global challenges that threaten Americas interests and values. In this context, the objectives of the 2007 DSB Task Force on Strategic Communication were to 1 Review and assess the recommendations made in the 2004 DSB report on Strategic Communication and the 2001 DSB report on Managed Information Dissemination. 2 Review and assess strategic communication activities since 2004. 3 Establish actionable recommendations for strategic communication in the 21st century.

Descriptors:

• *TASK FORCES
• *STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
• LEADERSHIP
• TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
• DIPLOMACY
• GLOBALIZATION
• MILITARY CAPABILITIES
• MILITARY BUDGETS

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE