Understanding narratives for national security : proceedings of a workshop / Elizabeth Townsend, rapporteur.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Elizabeth, rapporteur.

Contributor:

Townsend, Elizabeth, editor.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Conference Name:

Understanding narratives for national security purposes (Workshop) (2018 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

Behavioral assessment--United States--Congresses.

Behavioral assessment.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Narrative research in the social and behavioral sciences

The science of narrative communication

Narrative and emerging technologies

Narrative and power

Summative comments

Appendixes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-47642-9

0-309-47640-2