World Information War: Western Resilience, Campaigning, and Cognitive Effects

The West is facing information warfare threats that can undermine trust, amplify emotional resonance, and reformulate identities. This book outlines the ways the West can defend itself, including media policies, cyber defense, and information management. It is of interest to students of strategic studies, information warfare, propaganda studies, cyber-security, and International Relations.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 300 pages
\n Publication date: 11 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The West faces significant threats from information warfare, which encompasses a range of activities from communication to indoctrination. Information can be used to undermine trust, amplify emotional resonance, and reformulate identities, existing on a spectrum from communication to indoctrination. The West is currently facing an information war, with major setbacks such as "fake news," disinformation campaigns, the manipulation of social media users, the use of hybrid warfare, and even accusations of "state capture." However, the West has begun to comprehend the reality of what is happening and is now in a position to defend itself.

In this volume, scholars, information practitioners, and military professionals define this new war and analyze its shape, scope, and direction. They indicate how media policies, including social media, represent a form of information strategy, how information has become the "center of gravity of operations," and why the further exploitation of data (by scale and content) by adversaries can be anticipated.

For the West, being first with the truth, being skilled in cyber defense, and demonstrating virtuosity in information management are central to resilience and success.

This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, information warfare, propaganda studies, cyber-security, and International Relations.

\n Weight: 478g\n
Dimension: 156 x 232 x 28 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367496517\n \n