I am posting a paper that my colleague Michael Middleton and I presented last fall at a conference at George Washington University. The paper provides a systematic analysis of the origins and use of "cyber Pearl Harbor" as an analogy and metaphor by various actors in the U.S. cyber security debate. The full citation and link to the PDF: Sean Lawson and Michael K. Middleton, … [Read more...] about Cyber Pearl Harbor: A 25 Year Retrospective
Research Update
My forthcoming book: Nonlinear Science and Warfare (Routledge, fall 2013)
I am happy to announce that my book, Nonlinear Science and Warfare: Chaos, Complexity, and the U.S. Military in the Information Age, will be published by Routledge this fall. The best estimate at this point is October or November. The book will be the first in a news series, Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology, edited by Mark Lacy, Dan Prince, Sylvia Walby, … [Read more...] about My forthcoming book: Nonlinear Science and Warfare (Routledge, fall 2013)
Update on recent and forthcoming publications
It has been a while (April to be exact) since I posted an update about what I've been up to in my research. As we head into the fall semester, I suppose this is a good time to provide an update about what I've been doing. I haven't actually done a lot of new writing over the summer. Instead, I have been working to revise my dissertation and send out book proposals based on … [Read more...] about Update on recent and forthcoming publications
Recent interview about #cyberwar with KPCW in Park City
I had the great pleasure to appear on Community Voices with Larry Warren and Beth Fratkin this last Thursday. Community Voices is a program on KPCW, the local NPR station in Park City, Utah. We spoke for about 20 minutes about cyberwar, including the recent revelations about Gauss, Stuxnet, and Flame, as well as many other cyberwar-related issues. The recording of the … [Read more...] about Recent interview about #cyberwar with KPCW in Park City
Social Media and the Multiple Realities of the Occupy Protests
[The following essay is just some quick thoughts about social media and protest. These ideas have been inspired by a series of ongoing discussions that a small group of faculty and graduate students, including myself, have been having about these issues in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. As such, what follows is a very rough, initial pass at getting … [Read more...] about Social Media and the Multiple Realities of the Occupy Protests