disinformation http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en “A New Postmodern Condition”: Why Disinformation Has Become So Effective http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/new-postmodern-condition-why-disinformation-has-become-so-effective <span>“A New Postmodern Condition”: Why Disinformation Has Become So Effective</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sun, 02/23/2020 - 5:33am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Why are conspiracies so prevalent? Why are facts and truth so elusive to so many today? Why are people so susceptible to disinformation? Why is the current political climate so peculiar, turbulent, and divided? It is clear that there is a relationship between the disinformation that people ingest and the vitriol that some seem to spit out. These puzzling circumstances may be the result of a growing trend of postmodern thought in the United States and the world.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/new-postmodern-condition-why-disinformation-has-become-so-effective" rel="tag" title="“A New Postmodern Condition”: Why Disinformation Has Become So Effective" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about “A New Postmodern Condition”: Why Disinformation Has Become So Effective</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/new-postmodern-condition-why-disinformation-has-become-so-effective#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1726/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632480565" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:33:44 +0000 SWJED 134703 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Hostile Information Operations and Mass Hysteria http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/hostile-information-operations-and-mass-hysteria <span>Hostile Information Operations and Mass Hysteria</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:40am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Mass hysteria may occur within cohesive groups that share information. The nature of twenty-first century media, coupled with frank information manipulation, may create conditions favorable for mass hysterical reactions.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/hostile-information-operations-and-mass-hysteria" rel="tag" title="Hostile Information Operations and Mass Hysteria" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Hostile Information Operations and Mass Hysteria</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:40:00 +0000 SWJED 109583 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com As If We Need Another Crisis… http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/if-we-need-another-crisis <span>As If We Need Another Crisis…</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Tue, 11/06/2018 - 12:02pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Some would consider it incredulous to believe that thoughts could possibly be the cause of so much pain and grief in the world. Disappointingly, they are not trying hard enough to solve the problem and fail to recognize that the history of the world is indeed a history of thoughts, shaped by ideas before it is even shaped by events.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/if-we-need-another-crisis" rel="tag" title="As If We Need Another Crisis…" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about As If We Need Another Crisis…</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:02:23 +0000 SWJED 109463 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The Kremlin Subverts Media Abroad to Cement the Narrative at Home http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/kremlin-subverts-media-abroad-cement-narrative-home <span>The Kremlin Subverts Media Abroad to Cement the Narrative at Home</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Tue, 01/30/2018 - 3:11am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Washington ought to study the re-emergence of Russian “active measures” less as a manifestation of newfound strength, more as a long-fostered sense vulnerability on full display.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/kremlin-subverts-media-abroad-cement-narrative-home" rel="tag" title="The Kremlin Subverts Media Abroad to Cement the Narrative at Home" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Kremlin Subverts Media Abroad to Cement the Narrative at Home</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/kremlin-subverts-media-abroad-cement-narrative-home#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">7 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1726/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1517769960" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:11:50 +0000 SWJED 84331 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com