American Perspectives on Cyber and Security: Coining the Linguistic Tradition
ABSTRACT
Politicians can no longer escape commenting on cyber issues, which has made cyber discourse part of everyday politics. This article approaches political statements on 'cyber' and analyzes cyber discourse in the context of information operations. The empiricism of the article consists of language analysis, which covers both structural and semantic aspects of political cyber discourse. The results show that cyber is a synonym to threat: The U.S. has the identity of the vulnerable and technologically outdated, while the enemy is skilled and resourceful. This normalization of threat has become part of cyber discourse and legitimizes the exceptional security measures.
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Doctrine Division, Finnish Defence Forces Research Agency
Saara Jantunen holds a Master's degree in English language and culture and a PhD in military science. Her research interests include communication concepts and doctrine and the semiotics of war. Currently, she works as a researcher for the Finnish Defence Forces.
![Photo of Dr. Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, (LTC [GS])](https://www.jinfowar.com/sites/default/files/authors/Dr.%20Aki-Mauri%20Huhtinen.jpg "Aki-Mauri Huhtinen")
Finnish National Defence University Helsinki
Finland
Dr. Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, (LTC [GS]) is a military professor at the Finnish National Defence University in the Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy. His areas of expertise are military leadership, command and control, information warfare, the philosophy of science in military organizational research, and the philosophy of war. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles, a book chapter and books on information warfare and non-kinetic influence in the battle space. He has also organized and led several research and development projects in the Finnish Defence Forces during 2005-22.
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Journal of Information Warfare
The definitive publication for the best and latest research and analysis on information warfare, information operations, and cyber crime. Available in traditional hard copy or online.
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