Understanding Narratives for National Security

Understanding Narratives for National Security

Proceedings of a Workshop

  • Author: Townsend, Elizabeth
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309476393
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309476409
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309476423
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2018
  • Month: July
  • Pages: 73
  • Language: English

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather information for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security. The sixth workshop focused on understanding narratives for national security purposes, and this publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Narrative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • 3 The Science of Narrative Communication
  • 4 Narrative and Emerging Technologies
  • 5 Narrative and Power
  • 6 Summative Comments
  • Appendix A Statement of Task for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security
  • Appendix B Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix C Participants List
  • Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Presenters

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