Social engineering
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Social engineering may refer to:
  • Social engineering (political science)
    Social engineering (political science)
    Social engineering is a discipline in political science that refers to efforts to influence popular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, whether by governments or private groups. In the political arena, the counterpart of social engineering is political engineering.For various reasons,...

    , efforts to influence society on a large scale
  • Social engineering (security)
    Social engineering (security)
    Social engineering is commonly understood to mean the art of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information...

    , the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people.
  • "Applied sociology" refers to efforts to fix a sociological problem in a society.


For the early history of the term, see
  • Social engineer
    Social engineer
    A social engineer is one who tries to influence popular attitudes, social behaviors, and resource management on a large scale. Social engineering is the application of the scientific method for social concern. Social engineers use the methods of science to analyze and understand social systems, so...

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