“Are operations designed to convey selective information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotion, motives, and objective reasoning in order to affect the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and individuals,” (Flynn and Cutler, 2022).

(Flynn, M. (Ret.), & Cutler, B. (2022). Introduction to 5GW: The citizen's guide to fifth generation warfare. Boone Cutler Media Enterprise, LLC).