The Rashōmon Effect and Warfare in the Information Environment

Panel Members:

Gregory Hillebrand, U.S. Army War College Professor

Kathleen Moore, U.S. Army War College Professor

Alex Bates, Dickinson College Professor

Location: Apfelbaum Family Auditorium - Penn State Dickinson Law

Social media has created a new career field: influencer. If social media can influence people to buy products, could it also influence people in other ways? Could an adversary use social media to influence a population to create change? Is this not the goal of warfare? In a democracy, how do we develop a citizenry able to discern the truth? Join us as we examine information and warfare through the lens of the film Rashōmon..

Join us for a guided viewing of the Akira Kurosawa classic film Rashōmon followed by presentations and discussion on the evolving interactions between information, cyberspace, and warfare.

**The film Rashōmon contains non-explicit references to sexual and physical violence**