Social Media and the Armed Forces

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Moehlecke de Baseggio​, Eva (Editor), Schneider, Olivia (Editor), Szvircsev Tresch, Tibor (Editor)
Summary:XVII, 240 p. 24 illus., 22 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47511-6
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.