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CPD Media Monitors follow the development of critical public diplomacy stories in world media. Current Media Monitors feature regularly updated news coverage from a variety of national and international sources on topical stories. The aggregated content is later reviewed and analyzed to produce a Media Monitor Report. The Reports organize media coverage by source, region or topic and provide a synopsis of its main public diplomacy implications.CPD Media Monitors do not intend to assess or comment on the accuracy of media reporting but to provide a representative survey of how various media are framing the coverage of the issues under review.
Current Media Monitors
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S MIDDLE EAST EXPEDITION
June 2, 2009 - Present
This Media Monitor tracks reports and media commentary that provide recommendations for the next U.S. president related to U.S. Public Diplomacy.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT U.S. ADMINISTRATION
March 1, 2008 - Present
This Media Monitor tracks reports and media commentary that provide recommendations for the next U.S. president related to U.S. Public Diplomacy.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE UNITED STATES LEGISLATURE
September 15, 2008 - Present
This Media Monitor tracks coverage of U.S. House and Senate bills, resolutions, and hearings related to American Public Diplomacy.
AFRICOM: AMERICA'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND MILITARY STRATEGY IN AFRICA
June 24, 2007 - Present
This CPD Media Monitor tracks the public diplomacy mandate of the United States' newest military command in Africa, AFRICOM. Updated regularly, the Monitor provides a window into the local African as well as the global perspective on the subject.
Latest Media Monitor Reports
ARAB SPRING MEDIA MONITOR: ONE YEAR OF COVERAGE
MAR 13, 2012
By Rachel Chan
For more than a year, tumultuous changes have swept across the Middle East. Citizens have poured into the streets, governments have fallen and social media is now recognized as a powerful tool for the masses. Since the early days of the so-called “Arab Spring,” the USC Center on Public Diplomacy has been aggregating related public diplomacy news coverage. This CPD Media Monitor Report serves as a review and brief analysis of the hundreds of stories from and about Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Syria from December 2010 through January 2011.Outlined below are the contours of each popular uprising as conveyed by the media as well as an overview of various public diplomacy efforts which have accompanied them. These have ranged from efforts in the United States to provide technical support to bypass the Libyan government’s stranglehold of the Internet to engaging with Syrian protesters via Facebook. As changes occur in the region, public diplomacy must continue toward those publics attempting to constructively reshape their governments and countries. Support of these citizens and their shared values must be demonstrated not just through words, but through actions. While this Report wraps up the CPD Arab Spring Media Monitor, it does not conclude CPD’s continued PDiN coverage of the Arab Spring and public diplomacy related stories. Only time will tell how the uprisings, conflicts and new democracies will play out in the region, but nations around the world would do well not to ignore the publics in the Middle East, even as they struggle to define and achieve consensus on their futures.
Past Media Monitor Reports
WIKILEAKS CABLEGATE MEDIA MONITOR REPORT
MAY 17, 2011
By David McDougall
The ongoing release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables by Wikileaks started in late 2010, in staggered releases coordinated with global news organizations, including: The New York Times, El País, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and others. The released cables offer a look inside the American diplomatic process (and the diplomatic process in general), revealing the distance between public and private communication. None of this really qualifies as news; governments and their publics have long understood that traditional diplomacy is an art that depends on concealment. The content of the cables released thus far has been similarly underwhelming, mainly resulting in a few bruised egos and embarrassments (both personal and national). There was a suspicion that this secrecy breach might change the government’s attitude toward secrecy in diplomacy. Proof that diplomacy continues despite this release of information might be found in the U.S. government’s own presentation of the damage caused: while (since-resigned) State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley maintained that “there has been substantial damage” as a result of the release of the cables, the government’s private assessment of the publication is that it “was embarrassing but not damaging."
FAITH DIPLOMACY: RELIGION AND GLOBAL PUBLICS REPORT
MAR 23, 2011
By Silva Sevlian
Faith Diplomacy, the use of religion to communicate with global publics and its incorporation into foreign policy, is an element of international engagement that cannot be dismissed. Mutual understanding is a key pillar of public diplomacy and religion is often the core of national identity. Post-9/11, and arguably even pre-9/11, religion finds itself at the core of some of the greatest diplomatic puzzles. It is therefore imperative that faith-based organizations and leaders are enlisted to help better engage foreign communities. This goes beyond simply facilitating interreligious dialogue and should involve engaging religious leaders in peace-keeping and peace-building efforts.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE U.S. CONGRESS
NOV 10, 2010
By Katherina Jawaharlal
Public diplomacy legislation has enjoyed several successes during the past two years. Congress has passed legislation and established precedents for public diplomacy (PD) and strategic communications (SC) within the U.S. government. International media coverage has been somewhat sparse and domestic coverage of public diplomacy legislation has not fared much better. However, the legislative measures have been successfully implemented and evaluated within PD academic and practitioner circles as well as in the PD blogosphere in the U.S. and abroad.
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