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Three Tweets to Midnight - Effects of the Global Information Ecosystem on the Risk of Nuclear Conflict (Paperback)
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Three Tweets to Midnight - Effects of the Global Information Ecosystem on the Risk of Nuclear Conflict (Paperback)
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Disinformation and misinformation have always been part of
conflict. But as the essays in this volume outline, the rise of
social media and the new global information ecosystem have created
conditions for the spread of propaganda like never before-with
potentially disastrous results. In our "post-truth" era of bots,
trolls, and intemperate presidential tweets, popular social
platforms like Twitter and Facebook provide a growing medium for
manipulation of information directed to individuals, institutions,
and global leaders. A new type of warfare is being fought online
each day, often in 280 characters or fewer. Targeted influence
campaigns have been waged in at least forty-eight countries so far.
We've entered an age where stability during an international crisis
can be deliberately manipulated at greater speed, on a larger
scale, and at a lower cost than at any previous time in history.
This volume examines the current reality from a variety of angles,
considering how digital misinformation might affect the likelihood
of international conflict and how it might influence the
perceptions and actions of leaders and their publics before and
during a crisis. It sounds the alarm about how social media
increases information overload and promotes "fast thinking," with
potentially catastrophic results for nuclear powers
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