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Transtracker bookmarked on 2008-11-01 social_media microblogging infowar

This is interesting and creative. I wonder if a similar tactic could be used for PSYOP/deception purposes--i.e. have a bunch of folks working together to spread news of fake events for the purpose of inducing panic or some other effect. If I were less of a good guy, how could I use this for nefarious purposes? Hmmm....

  • A spontaneous re-enactment of Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast unfolded Friday on microblogging site Twitter.



    Hundreds of tweets detailed a mock Martian invasion, with reports both panic-stricken and humorous.



    "Smoking,
    smoldering hunks of buildings, cars and people lay strewn about," wrote     one user, joshlewis. "The
    tripods have left the Warehouse District in ruins."     




    Another, iancanfield, wrote: "The freeways are packed! I've heard from a few stuck on 252 and 94, they are sitting ducks."

  • Twitter has been used to comment on national events and disseminate crucial information quickly during natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and earthquakes.
  • To distinguish the apocalyptic messages from the rest of the
    updates flowing through the site -- and to prevent igniting the kind of
    confusion and panic caused by Welles' historic broadcast --
    participants are adding the tag
    "#wotw2" to the ends of their fictional accounts.

This link has been bookmarked by 5 people . It was first bookmarked on 01 Nov 2008, by sean williams.

  • 02 Nov 08
    pauldatta
    Paul Datta

    A spontaneous re-enactment of Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast unfolded Friday on microblogging site Twitter. Hundreds of tweets detailed a mock Martian invasion, with reports both

    twitter

  • 01 Nov 08
    littlewonder
    Little Wonder

    twitter war-of-the-worlds movement spontaneous useage

  • TransTracker
    TransTracker

    This is interesting and creative. I wonder if a similar tactic could be used for PSYOP/deception purposes--i.e. have a bunch of folks working together to spread news of fake events for the purpose of inducing panic or some other effect. If I were less of a good guy, how could I use this for nefarious purposes? Hmmm....

    social_media microblogging infowar

    • A spontaneous re-enactment of Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast unfolded Friday on microblogging site Twitter.



      Hundreds of tweets detailed a mock Martian invasion, with reports both panic-stricken and humorous.



      "Smoking,
      smoldering hunks of buildings, cars and people lay strewn about," wrote       one user, joshlewis. "The
      tripods have left the Warehouse District in ruins."       




      Another, iancanfield, wrote: "The freeways are packed! I've heard from a few stuck on 252 and 94, they are sitting ducks."

    • Twitter has been used to comment on national events and disseminate crucial information quickly during natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and earthquakes.
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    sean williams

    twitterers 2.0 storytelling

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