Robert W. Gehl | |
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![]() Robert W. Gehl, Louisiana Tech University | |
Born | 1979 Michigan, USA |
Occupation | F. Jay Taylor Endowed Research Chair of Communication at Louisiana Tech University |
Spouse | Y |
Children | Y |
Robert William Gehl[1] is the F. Jay Taylor Endowed Research Chair of Communication at Louisiana Tech University[2]. He is also an alumnus of the Fulbright Canada Research Chair program[3] with research in the Genealogy of Alternative Social Media[4], in addition to being an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Film at the University of Calgary[5]
Biography
editIn 2021, with academic researcher Sean T. Lawson, they coined the term "Masspersonal Social Engineering"[6]which defines how online Social Engineering Hackers create personalized content on a mass scale using hacker tools of 1) trashing [7], 2) pretexting,[8] 3) bullshitting [9], and 4) penetrating [10]built from tools of historical Social Engineering pioneers such as Ivy Lee[11][12]and Doris Flieschman[13]. In their published book, they explored Masspersonal Social engineering with efforts of Internet Research Agency[14] and Cambridge Analytica[15] during 2016 and 2020 elections.
Published works
editBooks
editGehl, Robert. Reverse Engineering Social Media: Software, Culture, and Political Economy in New Media Capitalism. Temple University Press, 2014.[16]
Gehl, Robert, and Maria Bakardjieva. Socialbots and Their Friends. Routledge, 2017.[17]
Gehl, Robert. Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P (The Information Society Series). 1st ed., The MIT Press, 2018.[18]
Gehl, Robert, and Sean Lawson. Social Engineering. Amsterdam University Press, 2022[19]
Journals
editGehl, Robert (March 2019). "Bugging out: Darknets as Parasites of Large-Scale Media Objects". Media, Culture & Society. 41 (2): 219–235. doi:10.1177/0163443718818379. {{cite journal}}
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Gehl, Robert W. “Power/Freedom on the Dark Web: A Digital Ethnography of the Dark Web Social Network.” New Media & Society, vol. 18, no. 7, Aug. 2016, pp. 1219–1235, doi:10.1177/1461444814554900.Cite error: A <ref>
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Recognition
editWinner of the 2015 Association of Internet Researchers Nancy Baym[20] Book Award[21]
Bibliography
editThe Association of Internet Researchers. (2015). Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://aoir.org/awards/nancy-baym-annual-book-award/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking
https://nsiteam.com/masspersonal-social-engineering-manipulative-communication-at-the-intersections-of-cyber-and-information-operations/#:~:text=However%2C%20social%20engineering%20is%20now%20a%20mixture%20of,online%20bots%20and%20trolls%20to%20s NSITEAM.com]
See also
editNancy Baym. (2011, June 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Baym
References/Notes and references
edit- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehl
- ^ Louisiana Tech University. (n.d.). Robert Gehl. Louisiana Tech University Faculty Directory. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://liberalarts.latech.edu/faculty-staff-directory/single-entry/name/robert-gehl/
- ^ Fulbright Scholar Program. (2020). Fulbright. Https://Cies.Org/Grantee/Robert-Gehl. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://cies.org/grantee/robert-gehl
- ^ Fulbright Scholar Program. (2020). Fulbright. Https://Cies.Org/Grantee/Robert-Gehl. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://cies.org/grantee/robert-gehl
- ^ University of Calgary, Canada. (n.d.). University of Calgary Faculty. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://commfilm.ucalgary.ca/manageprofile/profiles/1-9942581
- ^ Gehl, Robert, and Sean Lawson. Social Engineering. Amsterdam University Press, p.18-19, 2022.ISBN 0262543451
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_diving
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretexting
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test
- ^ https://lincolnparishjournal.com/2021/03/15/gehl-presents-research-at-dod-sponsored-speaker-series/
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Lee
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Fleischman
- ^ https:[[1]]
- ^ [[2]]
- ^ Gehl, Robert. Reverse Engineering Social Media: Software, Culture, and Political Economy in New Media Capitalism. Temple University Press, 2014.ISBN 978-1439910351
- ^ Gehl, Robert, and Maria Bakardjieva. Socialbots and Their Friends. Routledge, 2017.ISBN 9781138639409
- ^ Gehl, Robert. Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P (The Information Society Series). 1st ed., The MIT Press, 2018.ISBN 9780262038263
- ^ Gehl, Robert, and Sean Lawson. Social Engineering. Amsterdam University Press, 2022.ISBN 978-0262543453
- ^ Nancy Baym. (2011, June 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Baym
- ^ The Association of Internet Researchers. (2015). Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. Retrieved April 23, 2022, from https://aoir.org/awards/nancy-baym-annual-book-award/
Further reading
editExternal links
editPersonal Website
Google Scholar Page
MIT Press
Researchgate Profile