#WarLeveragingSocialMedia

Abstract

Incorporating social media into the intelligence cycles, JIPOE, and planning phases of operations will significantly increase theater commanders ability to gain the initiative against both hostile state and non-state actors. Social media defines, describes, and informs a commander and their staff to fully understand and visualize the operating environment. Commanders and staff can leverage that understanding to enable higher quality decisions, which translate into more effective future operational plans, and enhanced mission command. Social media provides unique opportunities to exploit an enemy or insurgency's ad hoc command-and-control structure, allowing U.S. forces to disrupt future and potential plans. This document discusses two case studies from the Arab Spring and relates those case studies and the lessons learned from social medias impact and its applications as the United States transitions to great power competition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2021
Accession Number
AD1152820

Entities

People

  • Christopher E. Stutzman

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fake News
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Internet
  • Mobile Phones
  • Political Movements
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • Warfare

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control