Understanding the Emergent Cognitive Battlespace

Don DeBats; Maryanne Kelton; Emily Bienvenue; Zac Rogers; Sian Troath

Understanding the Emergent Cognitive Battlespace

Don DeBats, Maryanne Kelton, Emily Bienvenue, Zac Rogers, Sian Troath

College of Business, Government and Law

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Abstract

Total warfare in the 1940s mobilized whole societies but total warfare in our times will be waged within societies. Digital technologies flowing through the informational domains, including social media platforms and blockchain networks, have created new channels of influence. The transmission of disinformation through these increasingly powerful and inclusive domains creates uncertainty that
erodes societal trust and threatens democratic control. Technological change grows exponentially more powerful but in a non-linear pattern that is characteristically uncertain and cannot be foreseen or predicted.

Original language	English
Pages	92-93
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Australian Society of Operations Research and Defence Operations Research Symposium, National Conference - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → 6 Dec 2018 Conference number: 26

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Conference	Australian Society of Operations Research and Defence Operations Research Symposium, National Conference
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	4/12/18 → 6/12/18

Keywords

digital technologies
Information warfare
cognitive battlespace
disinformation

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