Digital War: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781138899872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 308 str.

William Merrin

Opis

 Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and on the concept of ‘warfare’ itself.

Spis treści

Timeline  Introduction: A New Field  1. Top-Down War: Televising Conflict in the 1990s  2. Non-War and Virtual War: Theorizing Conflict in the 1990s  3. Informational and Networked War: Remaking Conflict in the 1990s  4. The War on Terror: Reporting 9/11 and Afghanistan  5. Shock and Awe: Reporting the Iraq War  6. From Abu Ghraib to Facebook: The End of Military Informational Control  7. Transparent War: Wikileaks And The War Logs  8. Drone War: Telepresent Assassination  9. Ambient War: Cyberwar Everywhere  10. #ParticipativeWar: Social Media in Gaza and Syria  11. Viral War: Islamic State’s Digital Terror  12. Augmented War: Wearables, Phones, Soldier-Systems, AR, Simulations, Sensors, Exo-Skeletons and BCI  13. Algorithmic War: The A.I. and Robotic RMA  Conclusion: The Clouds of War

O autorze

William Merrin is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Swansea University, UK. He is the author of Media Studies 2.0 (Routledge, 2014) and Baudrillard and the Media (2005).