Social Media and the Armed Forces

Social media has fundamentally changed communication and interaction in today's society. Apart from being used by individuals, it is also omnipresent in public sector organisations such as the armed forces. This book examines the opportunities and risks associated with social media in the conte...

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Moehlecke de Baseggio​, Eva (-), Schneider, Olivia, Szvircsev Tresch, Tibor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2020.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4324967x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I Social Media in the Everyday Life of Military Personnel
  • Ubiquity with a Dark Side: Civil-Military Gaps in Social Media Usage
  • Social Media Use at a U.S. Military Academy: Perceived Implications for Performance and Behavior
  • The Need for Visibility: the Influence of Social Media Communication on Swiss Armed Forces Officers
  • Part II Gender-Specific Representation on Social Media
  • Managing Femininity through Visual Embodiment: The Portrayal of Women on the Instagram Accounts of the Swedish and the Swiss Armed Forces
  • (Dis-)Empowered Military Masculinities? Recruitment of Veterans by PMSCs Through YouTube
  • Part III Social Media Discussions as Insights into Public Opinion
  • The Importance of Discussions on Social Media for the Armed Forces
  • Debating German Special Forces: a Scandal in the Military, a Documentary, and a Thread
  • Sentiment of Armed Forces Social Media Accounts in the United Kingdom: An Initial Analysis of Twitter Content
  • A Transparent Network - Soldiers' Digital Resistance and Economic Unrest
  • Part IV Risks and Dangers of Social Media
  • The Dark Side of Interconnectivity: Social Media as a Cyber-Weapon?
  • Misinformation and Disinformation in Social Media as the Pulse of Finnish National Security
  • Social Media Use in Contemporary Armed Forces as a Mixed Blessing.