Cyber Propaganda and Intelligence
Dr Alfred Rolington ( University of Cambridge )
- 17:00 13th November 2013 ( week 5, Michaelmas Term 2013 )Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building
I will look at the history of propaganda and how this is changing and being used by governments and corporations to change views and get intelligence on different parts of society in different parts of the world. How social media changed the Arab Spring and the way people like Edward Snowden have changed people's views of Intelligence.
Speaker bio
Alfred Rolington was formerly CEO of Jane’s Information Group, responsible for such publications as Jane’s Defence Review and Jane’s Police Review, as well as CEO for Oxford Analytica. He has over thirty years’ experience of analytical publishing and media companies, producing information and intelligence for commerce, law enforcement, the, military and government. He has written about and given lectures on intelligence and strategic planning to Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard Universities, and to organisations such as Thomson Reuters, the CIA, SIS (MI6), NATO Headquarters, and GCHQ.Share this:
