Preface
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to Digital Influence Warfare
2. Goals and Strategies: Influencing with Purpose
3. Tactics and Tools: Technical Dimensions of Digital Influence
4. Psychologies of Persuasion: Human Dimensions of Digital
Influence
5. Exploiting the Digital Influence Silos in America
6. Information Dominance and Attention Dominance
7. Concluding Thoughts and Concerns for the Future
Notes
Index
Spotlights how various entities are using the Internet to shape people's perceptions and decision-making, and emphasizes how new technical tools, critical thinking, and resilience can help thwart digital influence warfare efforts.
James J. F. Forest is Director of Terrorism Studies at the United States Military Academy, where he teaches courses on information warfare, terrorism/counterterrorism, comparative politics and international relations. He is the author of Homeland Security: Protecting America's Targets (Praeger, 2006).
Forest's book makes an important contribution to the academic
literature and is successful in its goal of informing readers about
serious problems related to the misuse of social media.
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