social engineering

top-down effort to influence particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale by government, media, academia or other groups
Intangible academic_discipline Q847808
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social engineering

Summary

social engineering is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #179 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • social engineering's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • social engineering is a type of engineering[4].
  • social engineering is a type of design[5].
  • social engineering's Commons category is recorded as Social engineering (political science)[6].
  • social engineering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Social engineering (political science)[7].
  • social engineering's different from is recorded as Social engineering[8].
  • social engineering's different from is recorded as social engineering[9].

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Definition and Type

social engineering's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. Recorded subclass of include engineering[4] and design[5].

Why It Matters

social engineering draws 98 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #179 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of academic discipline
    Subclass of
    Aliases
    Subclass of engineering, design
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541391105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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