Social Media and the Armed Forces

Introduction; E.Moehlecke de Baseggio, O. Schneider.- Part I Social Media in the Everyday Life of Military Personnel.- Ubiquity with a Dark Side: Civil-Military Gaps in Social Media Usage; K.K. Behavior De Angelis et al.- Social Media Use at a U.S. Military Academy: Perceived Implications for Performance and Behavior; S.B. Elson et al.- The Need for Visibility: the Influence of Social Media Communication on Swiss Armed Forces Officers; E. Moehlecke de Baseggio.- Part II Gender-Specific Representation on Social Media.- Managing Femininity through Visual Embodiment: The Portrayal of Women on the Instagram Accounts of the Swedish and the Swiss Armed Forces; A. Rinaldo, A. Holmberg.- (Dis-)Empowered Military Masculinities? Recruitment of Veterans by PMSCs Through YouTube; J. Joachim, A. Schneiker.- Part III Social Media Discussions as Insights into Public Opinion.- The Importance of Discussions on Social Media for the Armed Forces; O. Schneider. Debating German Special Forces: a Scandal in the Military, a Documentary, and a Thread; G. Kümmel.- Sentiment of Armed Forces Social Media Accounts in the United Kingdom: An Initial Analysis of Twitter Content; D. Leightley et al.- A Transparent Network - Soldiers' Digital Resistance and Economic Unrest; S. Rivnai Bahir.- Part IV Risks and Dangers of Social Media.- The Dark Side of Interconnectivity: Social Media as a Cyber-Weapon?; S. Martins Geraldes.- Misinformation and Disinformation in Social Media as the Pulse of Finnish National Security; T. Norri-Sederholm et al.- Social Media Use in Contemporary Armed Forces as a Mixed Blessing; J. Juvan, U. Svete.