Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Summary)
This Executive Summary gives an overview of the eight techniques of disinformation and types of ‘soft facts’. The document summaries research findings from a…
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Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Full Report)
This CREST report examines how ‘soft facts’ influence individual and collective behaviours, and what are the most effective counter-measures for managing their consequences. The…
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing
CREST has published a report on how ‘soft facts’ influence individual and collective behaviours. The report, by Martin Innes, states findings from the research…
Words as Data: The Vulnerability of Language in an Age of Digital Capitalism
The security of the data that circulates the internet is dependent on much more than cryptographic key exchange. Data can represent all manner of…
A-Z of influence tactics and topics
This A-Z will give you a whistle-stop your through the topics and tactics of influence, pulled together by CSR#8 guest editor, Lorraine Hope, and…
Persuasion and Influence or Genuine Connection and Rapport
What kind of influence tactic is applicable? That depends on the context of the interaction. Emily and Laurence Alison explain. Perhaps the most frequent…
The Far Right and Reciprocal Radicalisation
Could fragmentation within the Far-Right contribute to increasingly extreme responses to Islamist terrorism? There is increasing evidence of instrumental responses from some of the…
Using Stereotypes to Prepare for Interviews
Stereotypes are often seen as contributing to barriers to rapport between people. But Susan Brandon, former Director of Research of the US’s High-Value Detainee…
The Power of Persuasion and Pre-Suasion to Produce Change
We all seek to influence the decisions and behaviours of others. Acquiring useful information from a target, convincing peers to share information, and spurring…
Try To See Things My Way? The Role Of Perspective Taking In Eliciting Information
Lorraine Hope and Wayne Thomas on assessing another’s perspective to understand how and when we can effectively influence them A terrorist plotting a mass…
Positively Influencing Individuals During Organisational Change
What are the strategies for mitigating the risk of insider threat from disillusioned employees? Professor Rosalind Searle and Dr Charis Rice explain Employees who…
Lingering Problems With The Mr Big Technique
What are the problems with the Mr Big technique? Dr Kirk Luther, Professor Brent Snook and Professor Timothy Moore explain. Police investigators are sometimes…