Hostile Social Manipulation: Present Realities and Emerging Trends

by Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Luke J Matthews, Abigail Casey, et al.

The practitioners of hostile social manipulation employ social media, sophisticated forgeries, cyberbullying and harassment, distribution of rumors and conspiracy theories, and other tools to cause damage to their target state. This report represents an effort to better define and understand the challenge by focusing on the activities of the two leading authors of such techniques--Russia and China.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977402607
• ISBN13: 9781977402608
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"