Analyzing Integrated Social Media-Faciliated Propaganda Campaigns using Social Network Analysis and Cyber Forensics
Abstract
The research aims to develop capabilities to support U.S. DOD operations to manage and adapt to the information ecology and fill the research gap to better understand the emerging socio-technical behaviors, necessary to support situation awareness, risk assessment, mission assessment, policy design (kinetic or non-kinetic), and for an overall mission effectiveness. Specifically, the research develops socio-computational models to advance our understanding of cyber campaigns grounded in the dynamics of various social and communication processes, such as group formation,activation, decentralized decision making, and collective action. Leveraging cyber forensics and deep web search based methodologies, the study extracts relevant Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) from a variety of information sources and identifies key actors and groups. The research develops predictive models of deviant socio-technical behaviors by identifying the necessary conditions that lead to the success or failure of cyber campaigns.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1064761
Entities
People
- Nitin Agarwal
Organizations
- University of Arkansas