Book/Printed Material Monitoring social media : lessons for future Department of Defense social media analysis in support of information operations Lessons for future Department of Defense social media analysis in support of information operations

Title

• Monitoring social media : lessons for future Department of Defense social media analysis in support of information operations

Other Title

• Lessons for future Department of Defense social media analysis in support of information operations

Summary

• "Social media analysis is playing an important and increasing role in advertising and academic research, but it also has significant potential to support military information operations by providing a window into the perspectives, thoughts, and communications of a wide range of relevant audiences. Although there are compelling national security reasons to field a social media analysis capability, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) must do so while navigating U.S. law and cultural norms and under conditions of great uncertainty. Existing legal and policy frameworks have not anticipated the rapid pace and global reach of modern communication networks, and questions of cost and implementation hinder the development of a robust social media analysis capability and the most fruitful applications for these analyses. To support DoD's assessment of the benefits, trade-offs, and implementation challenges that it will face as it expands its capacity for social media analysis, this report reviews the analytic approaches that will be most valuable for information operations, as well as legal, ethical, policy, technological, and training considerations. It also includes a set of recommendations to help DoD navigate this terrain while building a robust, effective social media analysis capability to support operations worldwide."--Publisher's description.

Names

• Marcellino, William, author
• Smith, Meagan L., author
• Paul, Christopher, author
• Skrabala, Lauren, author
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body
• International Security and Defense Policy Center, researcher
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, publisher
• United States. Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, sponsor

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2017]
• ©2017

Headings

• -  Information warfare--United States--21st century
• -  Social media--Political aspects--United States--21st century
• -  Computer networks--Security measures--United States--21st century
• -  Data protection--Moral and ethical aspects--21st century
• -  Privacy, Right of--United States--21st century
• -  Terrorism--United States--Prevention--21st century
• -  National security--United States--21st century

Notes

• -  "RAND National Defense Research Institute"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xv, 75 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U163

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739080

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739080

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/2024739080

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