Steve Tatham
Steve Tatham is a Naval Officer and expert in military public relations and strategic communication. He was a public spokesman for the British Military in Sierra Leone (2000), Afghanistan (2001-2002) and Iraq (2003)[1]. He is the current Director of Communication Research at the UK Defence Academy's Advanced Research and Assessment Group and is a leading proponent of the doctrine of strategic communication[2]. In 2009 he was seconded to the Joint Intelligence Organisation in the Cabinet Office on "advanced Horizon Scanning Research on the UK National Security Strategy (2) project" [3].
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Strategic Communication
Tatham is the author of "Strategic Communication: A Primer" [4], the British Military's first articulation of Strategic Communication doctrine.
Publications and Projects
- Steve Tatham, Losing Arab Hearts & Minds: The Coalition, Al-Jazeera & Muslim Public Opinion, Hurst & Co, 2006
- List of publications by Steve Tatham on his website, Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects
Arab media propaganda project
Tatham lists the following videos as part of a 6 month project with 3 Arab TV channels in Afghanistan on "defeating the AQ [Al Qaeda] image of "The Crusader" [5]
- A Day in the life of to British soldiers, broadcast on Al-Aribiya, "designed to show the humanity and shared adversity of British and Afghan troops" [6]
- Al-Aribiya feature, tagged on youtube as "ARAG War on Taliban" - ARAG is the acronym of the Advanced Research and Assessment Group
- Al-Aribiya feature, tagged on youtube as "ARAG War on Drugs"
Affiliations
- Associate Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Kings College, London [7]
- Non-Executive Director of Dryad Maritime Intelligence [8]
- Director of Communication Research at the Advanced Research and Assessment Group [9]
Notes
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- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Tatham, S.(2008)Strategic Communication: A Primer Advanced Research and Assessment Group Special Series(08/28), accessed 05/10/09
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: Associate Fellows, ICSR Website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
