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Information Influence in Society’s Information Environment : An Empirical Analysis Using the Grounded Theory
2020
This paper investigates information influence in society’s Information Environment. The Grounded Theory approach was used to collect and to analyse the data. A conceptual framework of the thematic categories and item categories was developed on the basis of empirical evidence and past studies that reflect the findings of the field. The most fundamental components in this conceptual framework were six thematic categories (information influence, information operations, cyber operations, psychological operations, kinetic operations, and deception), their item categories, the items themselves, and the interrelationships between the thematic categories. The propositions regarding the thematic ca…
Mass Communications as a Vehicle to Lure Russian Émigrés Homeward
2011
After the millions of wartime displaced citizens had been forcibly returned to the Soviet Union after the Second World War, the Soviet Union inaugurated a new type of campaign in the mid-1950s to get all the remaining Soviet citizens and former émigrés from Sovietoccupied areas to migrate back. In this campaign, the Soviets used all the means of mass communication they were able to produce, especially radio combined with the press and direct contact with people. The campaign was not very successful, at least not among the people it was supposed to lure back: people residing in Europe. However, many people, especially from Latin America, migrated back to the Soviet Union, only to be disappoi…
Rhizomatic Target Audiences of the Cyber Domain
2016
Target Audience Analysis (TAA) is a process of finding suitable target audiences for psychological operations (PSYOPS). Typically, a TAA is a one-way process with some kind of a feedback system. The cyber domain presents a challenge to this type of sequential, linear process by refusing to stay still while the process is being executed, possibly leading to results from yesterday’s data in an environment that no longer exists today. Another challenge is that identifiable human beings—the traditional targets of PSYOPS—are not the only inhabitants of the cyber domain. Physical devices, nicknames, IP addresses, networks, and a vast amount of data populate this environment, in which there are no…
Sotia käydään myös digitaalisesti : eikä Ukrainan sota ole poikkeus
2022
Cyber warfare : the game changer in the battlespace
2022
A recent development in warfare has been the integration of Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Warfare (IW) and Cyber Warfare (CW) systems designed to generate non-kinetic effects in battle space together with the traditional use of kinetic weapons. These new capacities of armed forces create new possibilities to achieve the goals of war. These advanced and new capabilities form a whole new non-kinetic environment in which they have become a game changer in battle space. This article focuses on describing cyber warfare and the first experiences of the war in Ukraine. nonPeerReviewed
Case study: Finland as a Target of Russian Information Influence
2021
Components of defence strategies in society’s information environment: a case study based on the grounded theory
2020
Objectives: The goal of this study is to explore the components of defence strategies faced by society in its information environment, and how these strategies are inter-related. Methods: This qualitative in-depth case study applied past research and empirical evidence to identify the components of defence strategies in a society’s information environment. The collected data were analysed using the Grounded Theory approach and a conceptual framework with the components of defence strategies and the relationships between these components being developed using the Grounded Theory. Results: This study shows that the goal of politically and militarily hostile actors is to weaken society’s infor…
Propaganda Barometer : A Supportive Tool to Improve Media Literacy Towards Building a Critically Thinking Society
2018
To smartly consume a huge and constantly growing volume of information, to identify fake news and resist propaganda in the context of Information Warfare, to improve personal critical thinking capabilities and increase media literacy, people require supportive environment with sophisticated technology facilitated tools. With rapid development of media, widespread popularity of social networks and fast growing amount of information distribution channels, propaganda and information warfare enter an absolutely new digital technology supported cyber era. Propaganda mining is not a trivial and very time consuming process for human. And, as with any new technology, human need certain time to unde…
Informaatio-operaatiot ja niiden keskeiset vaikutusmenetelmät
2015
Tutkielmassa määritellään, mitä informaatio-operaatioilla tarkoitetaan ja esitellään niiden keskeisiä vaikutusmenetelmiä. Lisäksi vaikutusmenetelmien aiheuttamaa informaatiovaikutusten kohdentumista tarkastellaan organisaation kokonaisarkkitehtuurin näkökulmasta. Informaatio-operaatiot ovat sotilaallista toimintaa, jonka kohteena on informaatio. Ne ovat osa nykyaikaista sodankäyntiä ja niiden avulla pyritään vaikuttamaan vastustajan toimintaan, tilannetietoisuuteen ja päätöksentekoon. Informaatio-operaatiot ovat monipuolinen menetelmäkokonaisuus ja tutkielmassa tarkastellaan tarkemmin viittä keskeistä vaikutusmenetelmää: elektroninen sodankäynti, tietoverkko-operaatiot, psykologiset operaat…