Digital War

Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and on the concept of 'warfare' itself.

William Merrin is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Swansea University, UK. He is the author of Media Studies 2.0 (Routledge, 2014) and Baudrillard and the Media (2005).

Timeline Introduction: A New Field 1. Top-Down War: Televising Conflict in the 1990s 2. Non-War and Virtual War: Theorizing Conflict in the 1990s 3. Informational and Networked War: Remaking Conflict in the 1990s 4. The War on Terror: Reporting 9/11 and Afghanistan 5. Shock and Awe: Reporting the Iraq War 6. From Abu Ghraib to Facebook: The End of Military Informational Control 7. Transparent War: Wikileaks And The War Logs 8. Drone War: Telepresent Assassination 9. Ambient War: Cyberwar Everywhere 10. #ParticipativeWar: Social Media in Gaza and Syria 11. Viral War: Islamic State's Digital Terror 12. Augmented War: Wearables, Phones, Soldier-Systems, AR, Simulations, Sensors, Exo-Skeletons and BCI 13. Algorithmic War: The A.I. and Robotic RMA Conclusion: The Clouds of War