Technological Approach for Supporting Ethical Community Formation Against Weaponized Narratives

Technological Approach for Supporting Ethical Community Formation Against Weaponized Narratives

Speaker: Donahue, J. (US Army TRADOC G-27)

Date: 12 June 2018

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SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Jumanne Donahue (US Army TRADOC G-27) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Dr. Donahue spoke about how societies struggle to “cope with cultural and political complexity in an increasingly interconnected world,” going on to discuss how weaponized narratives and computational propaganda contribute to societal problems. He then described his dissertation research, which examined “social and geopolitical problems and how culturally-enabled technology, games, and simulations might be used to address them.” The culmination of this work is the Intercultural Coordination System (ICS), which seeks to create ethical and enlightened communities with inclusive, prosocial values. Dr. Donahue concluded by explaining how ICS was created and describing the features of these communities, the cyclical process involved, and potential applications of ICS.

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