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SOCOM tries again with propaganda research
http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/08/12/socom-tries-again-with-propaganda-research/13961225/SOCOM tries again with propaganda research
Ray Locker, USA TODAY 4 p.m. EDT August 12, 2014
The Pentagon's Special Operations Command will conduct a social research program in Colombia to help shape future propaganda efforts, newly released military records show.
It is the latest in a series of SOCOM attempts to gauge the effectiveness of its propaganda programs, which have been under attack in Congress and lost some of their funding in the last year.
The Global Research Assessment Program, SOCOM documents show, will hire an outside contractor to develop and conduct a poll in Colombia to gauge which propaganda arguments are the most effective.
The program will identify and analyze target audiences for propaganda, determine which programs work the best and then send the results to command officials and others with an interest in the results, the documents show.