Jessica Dawson

Dr. Jessica Dawson

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Specialization: Professor Dawson specializes in the digital disruption of social processes, with recent focus on microtargeting enabled manipulation of individual’s choices.

Her research centers on the use of narratives around military service; for example, narratives of soldiers’ sacrifice for the nation, to influence and change views of patriotism and freedom since the Vietnam War.

Selected Publications

Dawson, Jessica, and Robert Thomson. “The Future Cybersecurity Workforce: Going Beyond Technical Skills for Successful Cyber Performance.” Frontiers in Psychology 9 (2018): 744. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00744.
Dawson, Jessica. “Microtargeting as Information Warfare.” The Cyber Defense Review 6, no. 1 (2021): 63–80.
Dawson, Jessica. “Who Controls the Code, Controls the System: Algorithmically Amplified Bullshit, Social Inequality, and the Ubiquitous Surveillance of Everyday Life.” Sociological Forum (Randolph, N.J.) 38, no. S1 (2023): 1082–1105. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12907.
Dawson, Jessica, and Katie E Matthew. “Data as Ammunition – A New Framework for Information Warfare.” The Cyber Defense Review 9, no. 2 (2024): 93–108.

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