Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC)
Abstract
The Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program is developing techniques to detect, classify, measure, and track the formation, development, and spread of ideas and concepts (memes) in social media. These techniques will provide warfighters and intelligence analysts with indications and warnings of adversary efforts to propagate purposefully deceptive messaging and misinformation. Social media creates vulnerabilities that can be exploited to threaten national security and has become a key operating environment for a broad range of extremists. SMISC will develop technology and a new supporting foundational science of social networks that will enable warfighters to defend against malevolent use of social media and to counter extremist influence operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 8b8cf6a9dc6ca530cbfa91a1195d590b