Hybrid Warfare: A Brief Introduction
Here you can find selected sources regarding my lecture on hybrid and information warfare, bullshit and conspiracy theories as presented on Faculty of Social Sciences on Charles University (Department of Security Studies, "Hybrid Warfare" course) in 2022 and 2023.
Books:
BUTTER, Michael. The nature of conspiracy theories. Medford, MA: Polity Press, [2020].
SINGER, P. W. and Emerson T. BROOKING. Likewar: the weaponization of social media. Boston: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
WYLIE, Christopher. Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica a plán na zničení světa. Přeložil Jan KLÍMA. Praha: Dokořán, 2021. Zip (Argo: Dokořán). ISBN 978-80-7363-768-2.
Selected papers on conspiracy theory research:
- WOOD, Michael J., Karen M. DOUGLAS, and Robbie M. SUTTON. Dead and Alive. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2012.
- PROOIJEN, Jan-Willem van. Psychological benefits of believing conspiracy theories. Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022.
- ELK, Michiel van. Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics. Consciousness and Cognition, 2013.
- BROTHERTON, Robert, Christopher C. FRENCH, and Alan D. PICKERING. Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 2013.
Selected papers on bullshit:
- PENNYCOOK, Gordon et al. On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-profound Bullshit. Judgment and Decision Making, 2015.
- VAN PROOIJEN, Jan‐Willem et al. Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief. Political Psychology, 2022.
- PENNYCOOK, Gordon and David G. RAND. Who falls for fake news? Journal of Personality, 2020.
Information warfare:
- Spread of Russian and Chinese COVID-19 disinformation during the pandemic
- COVID-denying groups reorient to pro-Russia disinformation (CZ)
- Russian Information Agency (source of "Moon landing hoax" article)
- Bill Gates on "population reduction", original TED talk
