Book/Printed Material Combating foreign disinformation on social media : study overview and conclusions

Title

• Combating foreign disinformation on social media : study overview and conclusions

Summary

• How are state adversaries using disinformation on social media to advance their interests? What does the Joint Force-and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in particular-need to be prepared to do in response? Drawing on a host of different primary and secondary sources and more than 150 original interviews from across the U.S. government, the joint force, industry, civil society, and subject-matter experts from nine countries around the world, researchers examined how China, Russia, and North Korea have used disinformation on social media and what the United States and its allies and partners are doing in response. The authors found that disinformation campaigns on social media may be more nuanced than they are commonly portrayed. Still, much of the response to disinformation remains ad hoc and uncoordinated. Disinformation campaigns on social media will likely increase over the coming decade, but it remains unclear who has the competitive edge in this race; disinformation techniques and countermeasures are evolving at the same time. This series overview presents recommendations to better prepare for this new age of communications warfare.

Names

• Cohen, Raphael S., author
• Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan, author
• Cheravitch, Joe, author
• Demus, Alyssa, author
• Harold, Scott, 1975- author
• Hornung, Jeffrey W., 1975- author
• Jun, Jenny, author
• Schwille, Michael, author
• Treyger, Elina, author
• Vest, Nathan, author

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Project Air Force, [2021]

Contents

• Combating Foreign Influence Efforts on Social Media -- Understanding the Threat -- A Divided and Uncertain Response -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Headings

• -  Information warfare
• -  Disinformation--Prevention
• -  Social media--Influence
• -  Internet--Political aspects

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Department of the Air Force."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-119).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xvi, 119 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U163

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024738797

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024738797

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024738797

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