INT6 YHTOMIT

The power of social media and the information gleaned from Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is prodigious. The use of social media can also change the course of human events. Can you think of other examples—other than the Arab Spring as discussed in the readings—that might benefit from Social Network intelligence employing cyber intelligence techniques?

2 pages

3 sources 

turabian format

Reading 

Hodges, Jim “OSINT Goes Social,” Trajectory Magazine (Fall 2012). Accessed at: http://trajectorymagazine.com/civil/item/1307-osint.html.

Omand, David, “Introducing Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT),” Intelligence and National Security 27, No. 6, pp. 801–823. Click here.

Waters, T.J., “Social Media and the Arab Spring,” Small Wars Journal (November 14, 2012) Accessed at: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/social-media-and-the-arab-spring.

Moe, Wendy W. and David A. Schweidel. Social Media Intelligence. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2015. (Chapter 1, Chapter 9, Chapter 10). Found in the APUS Library.

Zeng, David, Hsinchun Chen, Robert Lusch, and Shu-Hsing Li. "Social Media Analytics and Intelligence." IEEE Intelligent Systems 25, No.6, pp.13-16. Click here.