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Seminar Discussion Topics

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Discussion topics for graduate- or professional-level seminars:

  • ? What experience have seminar participants had in situations where a company was being attacked using social media warfare strategies? How did the company react?
  • ? What experience have seminar participants had in situations where they were being attacked using social media warfare strategies? How did they react?
  • ? What experience have seminar participants had in companies that monitor social media content that is critical of the company, reveals proprietary information, or threatens company employees or facilities? How was monitoring managed?

Seminar Group Project

Divide participants into multiple groups with each group taking 10—15 minutes to develop a strategy to deal with unprovoked social media warfare attacks on a company. Meet as a class and discuss the various methods the groups developed to deal with unprovoked social media warfare attacks on a company.

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