The U.S. Army Public Diplomacy Officer: military public affairs officers' roles in the global information environment
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

Globalization and the rapid emergence of technology have created a new domain in which friendly and enemy information sources operate: the global information environment (GIE). This new domain is a departure from the historical military-domestic media relationship because now Army Public Affairs Officers (PAOs) cannot address only the American people with their communications. They currently address both domestic and international audiences – especially during war. With public relations roles th