Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World

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Wiki at War Wiki​atWar ConFliCt in a soCiallY netWorked World JaMes JaY CaraFano texas a&m university press College Station Copyright © 2012 by James Jay Carafano Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. ♾ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carafano, James Jay, 1955– Wiki at war : conflict in a socially networked world / James Jay Carafano. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-586-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60344-586-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-656-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60344-656-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) [etc.] 1. Information society—Political aspects. 2. Information warfare— Political aspects. 3. Information technology—Social aspects. 4. Social networks. 5. Social media. 6. Computer crimes. 7. Internet and terrorism. 8. Computer networks—Security measures. 9. Computer networks—Access control. 10. War and society. I. Title. HM851.C36 2012 303.48′33—dc23 2011018932 To the West Point class of 1977: classmates, colleagues, brothers-in-arms, patriots, and friends. Defending their country in peace and war through the last quarter of the twentieth century and the first quarter of the twenty-first—no nation could ask for a better band of brothers. Esprit de Corps. ...