Overcoming Intermediary Bias Through the Use of Social Media Intelligence

Abstract

Intermediaries have long played a significant role for military forces in understanding the population within the operational environment. They have served as a hub where information from the population is collected and processed into intelligence that military forces can use. Inherent to this relationship is that by collecting and processing information for military forces, these intermediaries have allowed personal biases to shape the narrative about the peoples' wants, needs, and desires in the operational environment. The importance of understanding the population and the growth of social media can change that relationship through leveraging social media intelligence. Utilizing Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT), military forces can now collect and process information about a population while minimized the ability of intermediaries to affect the narrative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 2015
Accession Number
AD1001887

Entities

People

  • Damian R. Taafe-mcmenamy

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Affairs
  • Complex Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Human Intelligence
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Media
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Open Source Intelligence
  • Social Media
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Regression Analysis.