Social Network Intelligence
Objectives
The course aims to introduce students to the importance of managing data, information, and knowledge effectively in a contemporary knowledge-based society, where social networks, geographic information, and technology play fundamental roles in the successful evolution of intelligence and information management.
General characterization
Code
400036
Credits
4.0
Responsible teacher
Guilherme Hidalgo Barata Martins Victorino
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English
Prerequisites
non aplicable
Bibliography
Kilduff, M. & Tsai, W. (2003). Social networks and organizations. Sage Publications Ltd.
Grant, Kenneth A. (eds.) (2011). Case Studies in Knowledge Management for Researchers, Teachers and Students. Academic Publishing International.
Omand, D. (2009) ¿Intelligence Secrets and Media Spotlights: Balancing Illumination and Dark Corners¿, in Dover, R. and M. Goodman (eds.),
Spinning Intelligence: Why Intelligence Needs the Media, Why the Media Needs Intelligence, the United Kingdom: C.Hurst and Co. Ltd, pp. 37-56
Omand, D., Bartlett, J. and C. Miller (2012) ¿Introducing Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)¿, Intelligence and National Security
Heuer, R.J. (1999) ¿Psychology of Intelligence Analysis¿. Washington, D.C., Center for the Study of Intelligence (available at https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csipublications/books-and-monographs/psychology-of-intelligence-analysis/)
Lowenthal, M.M. (2015) Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (6th Edition). Washington, DC, CQ Press
National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG): ¿Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Basic Doctrine, Publication 1.0 ¿, 2018. Washington, DC, (available at https://www.nga.mil/ProductsServices/Pages/GEOINT-Basic-Doctrine-Publication.aspx)
NRC (National Research Council) (2007) ¿Successful Response Starts with a Map: Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management¿. Washington, DC, National Academies Press (available at http://www.nap.edu/download.php?record_id=11793)
Tuathail, G.O., Dalby, S., and Routledge, P. (2003). The Geopolitics Reader (2nd Edition). London, Routledge (disponível emhttp://frenndw.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/geopol-the-geopolitics-reader.pdf)
Teaching method
Workshop-oriented classes, lectures, project-based learning, case studies, weekly challenges, quizzes.
Evaluation method
Final Grade Calculation |
First Call |
Second Call |
Assignment 1 |
30% |
30% |
Assignment 2 |
30% |
30% |
Exam |
40% |
40% |
Subject matter
Curricular unit content:
- From Data to Knowledge. Fundamentals of Knowledge Management
- Fundamentals of Social Media and SOCMINT
- Fundamentals of Social Network Analysis
- Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)
- GEOINT Sources and Data collection strategies
- Geospatial Intelligence Analytical Techniques
- GEOINT Products and Communication
- GEOINT Technology Seminar
Programs
Programs where the course is taught: