Friday, January 23, 2026

How to Spot a Psychological Operation (Psyop) - Chase Hughes

 


Image Source:  Myk Eff

A psyop (psychological operations) is a planned effort to influence the emotions, motives, reasoning, and behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals to support national objectives, using communication and information to create desired effects, often through tactics like propaganda, deception, or building relationships, without necessarily using force. Essentially, it's about using information as a weapon to shape public perceptions and actions.


"Repetition builds acceptance in the human brain"
"Symbols bypass thinking and goes straight to identify"
"Urgency shuts down analysis in the human brain" These 3 statements explain a lot about how ideologies are being spread in recent times.

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