Social Software and National Security: An Initial ‘Net Assessment’

Authors

Mark D. Drapeau, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Linton Wells II, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

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Description

This research paper as an initial net assessment of how social software interacts with government and security in the broadest sense.1 The analysis looks at both sides of what once might have been called a “blue-red” balance to investigate how social software is being used (or could be used) by not only the United States and its allies, but also by adversaries and other counterparties.

Document Type

Occasional Paper

Topic(s)

Emerging Science and Technologies, National Security

Publication Date

4-2009

Publication

Defense and Technology Paper

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, D.C.

Keywords

Social software, internet networks, information technology, national security

Recommended Citation

Drapeau, Mark D. and Wells, Linton II, "Social Software and National Security: An Initial ‘Net Assessment’" (2009). Defense and Technology Papers. 48.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/defense-tech-papers/48