This is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter
images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and
to support deception operations.
In the past, propagandists and those seeking to conduct
deception operations used crude methods to alter images of real
people, events and objects, which could usually be detected
relatively easily. Today, however, computers allow propagandists to
create any imaginable image, still or moving, with appropriate
accompanying audio. Furthermore, it is becoming extremely difficult
to detect that an image has been manipulated, and the Internet,
television and global media make it possible to disseminate altered
images around the world almost instantaneously. Given that the
United States is the sole superpower, few, if any, adversaries will
attempt to fight the US military conventionally on the battlefield.
Therefore, adversaries will use propaganda and deception,
especially altered images, in an attempt to level the battlefield
or to win a war against the United States without even having to
fight militarily.
Propaganda and Information Warfare in the 21st Century will be
of great interest to students of information war, propaganda,
public diplomacy and security studies in general.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Contemporary Security Studies |
Release date: |
2009 |
First published: |
2007 |
Authors: |
Scot Macdonald
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
220 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-54500-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-54500-5 |
Barcode: |
9780415545006 |
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