ABSTRACT
Social media warfare has become a topic of study in military science and will play a bigger role in future conflicts. This chapter introduces the basic concepts and definitions of social media warfare. Defensive social media warfare strategies can be analyzed in the same light. Industry groups, consortiums, and corporations face some of the same challenges as government entities when it comes to being prepared for social media warfare. As in defensive social media warfare opponent nullification processes, offensive nullification efforts are considered first strike or preemptive strike efforts. There are several types of social media applications and websites. Among the most popular are blogs and blogging support applications; comment applications; content streaming applications; social networking and professional networking websites and applications; and social news. There are numerous social media applications and websites that focus on sharing, including sharing proprietary information, photos, videos, slides, bookmarks, product reviews, and genealogical information.
