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Media Monitor Reports are articles collecting the most relevant public diplomacy articles and information on topical issues, and are
posted periodically by our research team at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
GREEN WAVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE IRANIAN ELECTION
JUL 6, 2009
By Naomi Leight
This Media Monitor Report highlights the impact of new media use by foreign publics to communicate with and advocate for one another in the wake of the Iranian election. This report provides a brief analysis of the media coverage of social network-driven public diplomacy from June 13 – June 30, 2009. The stories collected here help demonstrate how the Iranian opposition movement has engaged in public diplomacy outreach through new media.
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S MIDDLE EAST EXPEDITION
JUN 15, 2009
By Paul Rockower
Few stories have caught the scope of attention and imagination of both global public and press as President Barack Obama’s recent foray into the complicated landscape that is the Middle East. Coverage and commentary was ubiquitous in all corners of the globe in the run-up to the president’s visit to Riyadh and Cairo and his speech at Cairo University.
This Media Monitor Report examines the full scope of coverage of President Obama’s trip to the Middle East, his vaunted Cairo speech and the public diplomacy implementation and implications of the Middle East expedition by the new American president.
SECRETARY CLINTON IN ASIA
MAR 7, 2009
By Lorena M. Sanchez
This Media Monitor tracked local and international news coverage and media commentary about U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first official overseas visit to Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China.
THE GAZA CRISIS: SOCIAL MEDIA, INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING, AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
MAR 1, 2009
By Uri Zigelboim
This CPD Media Monitor Report summarizes coverage of the Gaza crisis, with a focus on the public diplomacy impact of the conflict for both Israel and Hamas. The report highlights the significance of international broadcasting in global conflicts, as well as the unprecedented use of social media by both sides during the crisis.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE BEIJING OLYMPICS: NARRATIVES AND COUNTER NARRATIVES
OCT 8, 2008
By Meg Young
This CPD Media Monitor Report provides an overview of media coverage of events surrounding the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The report is intended to highlight narrative differences between Chinese press and international English language press.
ALHURRA AND THE PREDICAMENT OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING TO THE MIDDLE EAST
JUL 10, 2008
By Iskra Kirova
Alhurra – “The Free One” – is a U.S. government-funded broadcaster available throughout the Middle East. Established in 2004, Alhurra, along with its FM radio counterpart, Radio Sawa (launched in 2002), represent America’s largest commitment to public diplomacy in the region. Over the last six years, the U.S. government has invested just under $500 million dollars in the two broadcasters.
UNIVERSITY DIPLOMACY — US : 0, IRAN : 1
OCT 21, 2007
By Iskra Kirova
Ever since his rise to power in 2005 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has enjoyed being in the spotlight of American attention. Not without the help of the news media and the White House's preoccupation with his persona, the Iranian President successfully managed to turn many of his public appearances into public diplomacy triumphs.
LIVE EARTH: A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY THAT SPARKED NEW INTEREST IN FIGHT OF GLOBAL WARMING
AUG 6, 2007
By Vivien Pertusot
On July 7, Live Earth kicked off a three-year campaign to combat global warming by organizing massive pop concerts all around the world. Live Earth represented an attempt to combine both old-fashioned and cutting-edge trends in social mobilization.
THE EUROPEAN UNION, A “QUIET SUPERPOWER” OR A RELIC OF THE PAST
MAR 30, 2007
By Iskra Kirova
The discussion on the future of the European Union has direct relevance to the study and practice of soft power and public diplomacy. Being the most successful advance in voluntary international cooperation in modern history , the European Union has made soft power by far the most prominent instrument in its foreign policy. The E.U.'s power of attraction is based upon values of peaceful cooperation through dialogue manifested in 50 years of deepening integration; the common market of free movement of people, goods, services and capital; and the European social model of the modern welfare state, which accounts for the prosperity and social stability of the region today.
HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, AND THE U.S.: A CONFLICT WITH FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS
AUG 23, 2006
By Jade Miller
The month long military confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel and the subsequent ceasefire and aid operation has had important public diplomacy implications not only for the two warring parties but for many other state and non-state actors. The conflict has commanded the world's attention. Much more than a land dispute or run-of-the-mill cross-border antagonism, the conflict has encapsulated, highlighted, and exacerbated many other strains in the region and in world politics at large.
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