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Informing Science Volume 9, 2006 Editor: Eli Cohen Information Warfare and Deception William Hutchinson Edith Cowan University, Perth. Australia Abstract This paper examines the history of the phenomenon of Information Warfare and the increasingly dominant role that Deception is taking within its framework. The concept of Information Warfare began as a technology oriented tactic to gain Information dominance by superior command and control. This soon developed into a realization of the power of Information as both a weapon as well as a target . The importance of Information rather than its associated vehicle Information technology created a situation where influence became a critical factor in conflict. As the nature of conflict changed to being an almost ongoing situation, control over mass communication be-came a high priority task for governments as well as the military.

Information Warfare and Deception 216 media technologies and techniques, as well as monopolistic media companies were to develop into a situation where the media was to be an intrinsic part of the war effort.

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