Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century: Altered Images and Deception Operations

This book is the first to analyze how technology can be used for propaganda and deception operations by altering and rapidly distributing images. In the past, those seeking to conduct deception operations and propagandists used crude methods to manipulate images of real people, events, and objects, which were usually easy to detect. However, today, computers allow propagandists to create any imaginable image, whether still or moving, with the appropriate accompanying audio. Furthermore, it is now extremely difficult to detect manipulated images, and the internet, television, and global media make it possible to distribute altered images worldwide almost instantly. As the sole superpower, the United States is unlikely to face conventional military threats on the battlefield. Instead, adversaries may use propaganda and deception, particularly altered images, to try to level the playing field or win a war against the United States without engaging in military conflict. This book will be of great interest to students of information war, propaganda, public diplomacy, and security studies in general in the 21st century.

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