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100			_aLawson, Sean T. _eauthor.
245			_aCybersecurity discourse in the United States : _b cyber-doom rhetoric and beyond / _cSean T. Lawson.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2020.
300			_a220p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a<P>1. The Cyber Sky is falling! An Introduction to Cyber Doom</P><P>2. From <I>WarGames</I> to Cyber Pearl Harbor: Motivating Cybersecurity with Cyber-Doom Rhetoric</P><P>3. From Wire Devils to Cyber Squirrels: Cyber-Doom Rhetoric as Fear of Technology-Out-of-Control</P><P>4. Panic, Paralysis, and Social Collapse: The Exaggerated Fears of Cyber Doom</P><P>5. When Fear Fails: The Dangers of Cyber-Doom Rhetoric</P><P>6. Cold War 2.0 and the Emergence of Cyber-Enabled Political Warfare</P><P>7. After Action Report and Lessons Learned</P>
520			_aThis book examines the role of cyber-doom rhetoric in the U.S. cybersecurity debate. For more than two decades, fear of "cyber-doom" scenarios—i.e. cyberattacks against critical infrastructure resulting in catastrophic physical, social, and economic impacts—has been a persistent feature of the U.S. cybersecurity debate. This is despite the fact that no cyberattack has come close to realizing such impacts. This book argues that such scenarios are part of a broader rhetoric of cyber-doom within the U.S. cybersecurity debate, and takes a multidisciplinary approach that draws on research in history, sociology, communication, psychology, and political science. It identifies a number of variations of cyber-doom rhetoric, then places them into a larger historical context, assesses how realistic the fears expressed in such rhetoric are, and finally draws out the policy implications of relying on these fears to structure our response to cybersecurity challenges. The United States faces very real cybersecurity challenges that are, nonetheless, much less dramatic than what is implied in the rhetoric. This book argues that relying on cyber-doom rhetoric to frame our thinking about such threats is counterproductive, and encourages us to develop ways of thinking and speaking about cybersecurity beyond cyber-doom. This book will be of much interest to students of cybersecurity, foreign policy, public administration, national security, and international relations in general.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aComputer security _zUnited States.
650			_aRhetoric _xPolitical aspects.
650			_aCyberspace _xGovernment policy.
650			_aComputer security _xGovernment policy.
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