Global Data Shock: Strategic Ambiguity, Deception, and Surprise in an Age of Information Overload

by Robert Mandel

Intelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, as well as the larger consequences for international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503608255
• ISBN13: 9781503608252
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"