scholarly journals Information Warfare on Social Media: A Brand Management Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignas Kalpokas
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Security ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Online Branding ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Political Communities

Abstract Employing a perspective informed by brand management, this article aims at understanding information warfare operations in social media. The state, seen as brand, must project an image of itself to both internal and foreign audiences to unite the domestic audience and/or attract global support. However, in constructing a brand, states are vulnerable to ‘sofa warriors’ – ordinary individuals who have been unwittingly recruited by hostile actors to disseminate (over social media or other platforms) a counter-brand, harmful to the state concerned. These new threats are investigated in light of recent tendencies in online branding, elucidating their status as a national security threat, with the potential to significantly disrupt life in political communities.

Delegitimization as a National Security Threat

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Ronnie Olesker
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Ontological Security

This article examines the securitization of delegitimization as a national security threat in Israel. The article contains three elements. First, theoretically, it analyzes legitimacy as a national security asset and delegitimization as a risk to ontological security. Second, it traces the Israeli response to delegitimization, providing an empirically rich account of this approach. Finally, it seeks to provide an assessment, albeit preliminary, of the effectiveness of the Israeli response. It concludes by discussing policy implications, emphasizing the benefits and counterproductive outcomes of an otherwise successful securitization process. Although Israel has had success curbing delegitimization with regard to political elites at the state level, it continues to lose ground with both the grassroots and Western liberal audiences.

Political priorities mar Angolan diversification goals

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
National Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fuel Subsidies ◽  
Regime Survival ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Significance The dos Santos administration ostensibly prioritises developing non-oil industries to increase macroeconomic resilience. Initiatives to date have been insubstantial, ineffective and are undermined by the difficult operating environment. Impacts Living costs will increase due to the removal of fuel subsidies, which pushed up petrol prices by 28%, increasing inflationary pressures. Heavy security spending will ensure that rising urban protests do not escalate to threaten national security. However, use of social media will make it harder for the state to clamp down on civil society groups, despite new policy restrictions. Wariness of foreign military adventures will ensure that capacity is focused domestically, assisting regime survival.

scholarly journals Propagandized Adversary Populations in a War of Ideas

MCU Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-148
Author(s):  
Donald M. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
National Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cold War

Disinformation, the disruptive effects of social media, and the prospect of information warfare increasingly preoccupy national security thinkers. In the twentieth century, years of prewar and wartime propaganda by the Axis powers and the Soviet Union made the World Wars and the Cold War longer and more costly. In this century, China and North Korea represent two nations that have propagandized their populations for 70 years, hardening them against informational initiatives. What are the lessons? How should the United States assemble a strategy to counter propaganda’s effects?

scholarly journals All Women Belong in the Kitchen, and Other Dangerous Tropes: Online Misogyny as a National Security Threat

MCU Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-85
Author(s):  
Kyleanne Hunter ◽  
Emma Jouenne
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
United States Military ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Online Misogyny

Online misogyny is an under-studied form of information warfare. Often dismissed as “boys will be boys,” online misogyny has been allowed to percolate and create communities that have far-reaching impacts. The impacts of online misogyny are not confined to the internet. In this article, the authors show how the ubiquitous nature of online misogyny poses a national security threat. We explore three diverse case studies: the United States military, the incel movement, and ISIS to demonstrate the far-reaching nature of the security threat. Though the nature of the security threats is different, the intervening cause—unchecked online misogyny—is the same.

scholarly journals The State and the Securitization of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402110032
Author(s):  
Emeka Thaddues Njoku
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
National Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Administrative Cost ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Financial Regulations

While debates on the effects of the post-9/11 counterterrorism measures (CTMs) on civil society organizations (CSOs) exist, there is a paucity of data on how CTMs are shaping the spaces and actors of CSOs in Nigeria. Using a mixed-methods design, this article analyzes CSOs’ perceptions on the effects of counterterrorism financing measures, the countermeasures that CSOs are taking, and the government’s views on the security threat posed by CSOs. The findings show that although counterterrorism financing were not as constraining, it appears to increase the administrative cost of CSOs and disadvantaged the less prominent CSOs forcing them to close down or merge with more prominent CSOs. Besides, the result shows the state’s increasing interest in the activities of CSOs on the grounds of national security imperatives. Thus, I argue CTMs are evolving, and thus CSOs will experience increased financial regulations. Also, CTMs expansion will threaten CSOs’ sustainability and polarize them.

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL SAFETY OF THE STATE

2018 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
O. B. Berezovska-Chmil
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Security ◽  
National Security ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Level Of Economic Development

  In this article theoretical and еmpirical analysis of social security are conducted. Ways of the optimization social security are argumented. The author notes that significant transformation processes are taking place in the country. They affect the state of security. It is noted that with the development of scientific and technological progress the number of threats and dangers does not decrease. At the same time, the essence of the phenomenon of "danger" is revealed. Empirical studies have been carried out on the basis of an analysis of problems related to ensuring the necessary safety of people. It is established that in recent times organized crime, including cybercrime, has spread widely in Ukraine. It has a negative impact on ensuring national security and sustainable development. A number of factors have been singled out. They are a potential threat to national security. Groups of possible dangers are determined. Summarizing the opinions of scientists, the essence of the concept of "social security" is characterized. It is emphasized that its state is influenced by the level of economic development, the effectiveness of social policy of the state and state regulation of social development. The authors have grounded the formation of national and social security, have proved that sustainable development is connected with the observance of social standards; have considered the development and implementation of a balanced social and environmental and economic policy. This policy would involve active use of the latest production technologies, minimizing the amount of harmful emissions to the environment, strengthening the role of the state in solving social and economic problems and sustainable development.

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