It is now a commonplace notion in management thinking that information and communication networks can be used as a tool for productive purposes and for innovation. However, such networks can also be used as a weapon for destructive and defensive puproses, which has been characterized by the phrase ‘information warfare’. As yet, there has been relatively little theoretical elaboration of the sociological implications of this phenomenon beyond the initial work pioneered by researchers of the RAND Corporation. This article will adapt concepts taken from Heiddeger’s philosophy of Being, and use them for increasing our understanding of information warfare with specific reference to a diversity of real world exemplars of network organizations.
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