Welcome to PSYWAR.IO
Today, influence campaigns are more ubiquitous, powerful, and coordinated than ever before. They affect everything from what you shop for to who you vote for. In order to counter these influence we must first DETECT them, then ANALYZE them before we can DISRUPT them.
The goal of PSYWAR.IO is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and the general public in order to discuss tactics, techniques, and procedures for detecting, analyzing, and disrupting influence campaigns. Truth dies in the darkness, let us be the light.
This blog is broken down into different categories, descriptions of these categories are listed below.
DATA – This section deals with data science techniques to enhance the detection and analysis of influence campaigns. Here you will find articles are modern data analysis and natural language processing techniques.
TECH – This section deals with technical techniques for analyzing influence campaigns. This touches on everything from Linux command-line tools to raspberry pis and software defined radios. If you are interested in hands-on tech projects for influence campaign analysis this section is for you.
INFLUENCE – This section contains articles that discuss the psychological techniques behind influence campaigns. Nefarious actors use psychological tricks to reinforce beliefs and alter their target’s behavior. This section discusses those techniques and the psychology behind why they work.
AREA STUDIES – This section looks at different areas around the globe and highlights recent influence campaigns that took place there. It also contains articles that explain the nuances of the information environment in different parts of the world.
HISTORY – This section highlights historical influence campaigns. The section highlights the techniques used by various actors in past influence campaigns and measures how successful they were.
BOOKS – This section contains reviews of relevant books. Look here to increase your knowledge on this subject matter. From history to psychology to computer science there is a book for every interest. This page includes Amazon affiliate links which help to off-set the operational costs of this website. Please consider supporting this site by purchasing books through those links.