Combating Foreign Disinformation on Social Media: Study Overview and Conclusions

Abstract

How are countries using social media - particularly disinformation campaigns - to influence the competitive space? How have governments, the private sector, and civil society responded to this threat? What more can be done? And what do all these conditions mean for future U.S. Air Force and joint force training and operations? This report attempts to answer some of these questions as part of a broader study of disinformation campaigns on social media and the implications of those campaigns in great-power competition and conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1142310

Entities

People

  • Alyssa Demus
  • Elina Treyger
  • Jeffrey W. Hornung
  • Jenny Jun
  • Joe Cheravitch
  • Michael Schwille
  • Nathan Beauchamp-mustafaga
  • Nathan Vest
  • Raphael S. Cohen
  • Scott W. Harold

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Analysis
  • Disinformation Operations
  • Information Operations
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Internet
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Space Force
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space