Doxing democracy: influencing elections via cyber voter interference

dc.contributor.authorHansen, Isabella
dc.contributor.authorLim, Darren
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-24T06:49:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-03-31T07:21:39Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a recent surge in the use of state-sponsored cyber operations by states against foreign political institutions, including efforts to sway electoral outcomes by influencing voters. Yet cyber statecraft research has focused more on operations designed to yield a direct military advantage or reward, rather than as a subtle tool of influence. We seek to address this gap in the literature, first by conceptualising a typology of state-sponsored operations constituting ‘cyber voter interference’ (CVI), second by theorising a causal mechanism through which CVI can influence the cognition and behaviour of voters contingent on specific local conditions within a target state, and third by testing the plausibility of our theoretical model via two case studies of recent elections in the United States and France, both of which saw credible accusations of cyber interference by hostile foreign actors. We find that the evidence supports the plausibility of the theorised model, and our argument that the success of CVI is mediated by specific conditions within the state being targeted.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1356-9775en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/164697
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_AU
dc.rights© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupen_AU
dc.sourceContemporary Politicsen_AU
dc.titleDoxing democracy: influencing elections via cyber voter interferenceen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage171en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage150en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHansen, Isabella, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLim, Darren, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHansen, Isabella, u5583529en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidLim, Darren, u4041075en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor160607 - International Relationsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo940301 - Defence and Security Policyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4317071xPUB213en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume25en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1080/13569775.2018.1493629en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85049576262
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4317071en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.routledge.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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