The DUN Project: Defence, Uncertainty and 'Now Media': Mapping Social Media in Strategic Communications Blog
DUN Project Key Findings in PaCCS Research Policy Briefing
In March 2016, The Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research (PaCCS) brought together a group of academics, Government policy-makers, technologists, engineers, practitioners and representatives from Industry and Non-Governmental Organisations to discuss findings from security-related...
‘Reclaim the Internet’? : Military Forums Reveal that Misogyny is Central to the Web
The Guardian announced on Wednesday the 25th May that there would be a cross party response to tackle misogyny online. The Guardian tells us that the campaign, led by Yvette Cooper, and responding to DEMOS...
Digital Mundane: our latest paper
Based on our analysis of our focus groups with serving members of the British Armed Forces our paper ‘The digital mundane: social media and the military’ has now been published in Media, Culture and Society. To read or download the...
“Apple knows everything about you”: How Military Personnel Understand Social Media Risk
Military personnel understand the risks of their social media use more comprehensively and complexly in relation to their identity as everyday consumers of social and digital media than in relation to their identity as a...
“The families don’t get it”. Or Do They? Military Wives, Isolation and Social Media
Military wives and partners have a sophisticated awareness of social media risks including those which relate to the wider defence community by virtue of their everyday, mundane use of mobile apps and digital media. At...
To Risk or Not to Risk? Risk Aversion and Social Media in Defence
“The MOD is inherently a risk averse organisation…the business of social media is to shift that appetite from being risk averse to being risk aware and that shift is quite a difficult journey for...
Is Social Media Central to Everyday Military Life?
Social media use among members of the Armed Forces is so routine and everyday that it is ‘part and parcel’ of a host of daily, mundane, banal, everyday actions that are becoming central to military...
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