Wiki at war : conflict in a socially networked world / James Jay Carafano.
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TextPublication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (326 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781603446570
- 1603446575
- 9781603446587
- 1603446583
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Information warfare -- Political aspects
- Information technology -- Social aspects
- Social networks
- Social media
- Computer crimes
- Internet and terrorism
- Computer networks -- Security measures
- Computer networks -- Access control
- War and society
- Société informatisée -- Aspect politique
- Guerre de l'information -- Aspect politique
- Technologie de l'information -- Aspect social
- Réseaux sociaux
- Médias sociaux
- Criminalité informatique
- Internet et terrorisme
- Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Sécurité -- Mesures
- Guerre et société
- social media
- COMPUTERS -- Information Technology
- Computer crimes
- Computer networks -- Access control
- Computer networks -- Security measures
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Information technology -- Social aspects
- Internet and terrorism
- Social media
- Social networks
- War and society
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- HM851 .C36 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Mad scientists and fighter pilots -- Mongols and mullahs -- Star Trek and superhighways -- Dragons, bears, cutthroats, and criminals -- Keystone Cops and the fog of war -- Cheerleaders, pornographers, and unemployed engineers -- Anciens régimes and the government after next -- Weird science and dark horizons -- Epilogue: The art of war and wiki war.
Print version record.
In 2011, amid the popular uprising against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the government sought in vain to shut down the Internet-based social networks of its people. WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been branded "public enemy number one" by some in the United States for posting material on the World Wide Web that concerns airstrikes in Iraq, US diplomatic communications, and other sensitive matters. In Wiki at War, James Jay Carafano explains why these and other Internet-born initiatives matter and how they are likely to affect the future face of war, diplomacy, and domestic politics. "The war for winning dominance over social networks and using that dominance to advantage is already underway," Carafano writes in this extremely timely analysis of the techno-future of information and the impact of social networking via the Internet. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of history and defense strategy, Carafano creates a cogent analysis of what is truly new about the "new media," and what is simply a recasting of human warfare in contemporary forms. Wiki at War is written in a lively, accessible style that will make this technological development comprehensible and engaging for general readers without sacrificing the book's usefulness to specialists. Outlining the conditions under which a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind, detailing how ancient wisdom can still apply to national security decisions, and examining the conditions under which new expertise is required to wage effective diplomacy or successful military strategy, Carafano casts in stark relief the issues that face political, military, and social leaders in trying to manage and control information, in both the international and domestic arenas. Wiki at War affords stimulating thought about and definitive discussion of this vital emerging topic
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