Anti-social media : conventional militaries in the digital battlespace /
Over the past decade the gravitational center of contemporary conflict has shifted from the physical battlefield to the online battlespace, where the ingenuity of non-state actors has vexed governments and tested their militaries. Devising new architectures of participation, Al Qaeda and ISIS have w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Melbourne University Press,
[2021].
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| Summary: | Over the past decade the gravitational center of contemporary conflict has shifted from the physical battlefield to the online battlespace, where the ingenuity of non-state actors has vexed governments and tested their militaries. Devising new architectures of participation, Al Qaeda and ISIS have weaponized social media and empowered their dispersed followers to organize, communicate and dominate the information domain. Kevin Foster shows how conventional militaries in the US, Britain, Israel and Australia have responded to this challenge by integrating social media into their systems and operations, and the organizational and cultural impediments they have confronted. Foster traces each military's social media journey, appraising the strategies, doctrine and policies developed to regulate its management and use. From the ADFA Skype sex scandal to the IDF's sophisticated integration of the real and virtual spaces of war, 'Anti-Social Media' examines the good, the bad and the indifferent in the armed forces' halting advance towards social media competence. |
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| Physical Description: | 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780522878011 0522878016 |