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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.
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.
THE WORLD CUP: GLOBAL UNITY AND NATIONALISM
AUG 3, 2006
By Jade Miller
Soccer, arguably the world's most popular sport, has the power both to unite the people of the world in a shared passion, and to divide citizens of opposing countries in unfettered nationalist zeal. While the 2006 World Cup did not produce any political results as dramatic as the "Football War" of 1969, much has been written in the world press about both the positive and negative implications of the tournament in today's climate.
U.S. TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CHINA: CONTROVERSY, LEGISLATION, & IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE DIPLOMACY
JUN 28, 2006
By Jade Miller
Over the past two years, Cisco, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google have entered the Chinese Internet market, providing online or information-related products utilized by the Chinese government to enforce Chinese information censorship laws, conduct online surveillance, and restrict access by Chinese citizens to certain internet sites. Public outcries against these IT companies first emerged in the blogosphere and among human rights organizations. Editorial and op-ed pieces in the mainstream news media soon followed, reaching critical mass in the Fall of 2005.
THE DANISH CARTOON CRISIS: THE IMPORT AND IMPACT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
APR 5, 2006
By Shawn Powers
In early September 2005, Flemming Rose, the culture editor for a right-of-center Danish newspaper, commissioned over 30 Danish cartoonists to submit caricatures of the Islamic prophet Mohammed that he could print in his paper, Jyllands-Posten. Rose had recently become concerned that European media organizations were self-censoring themselves with regard to issues sensitive to Islam, and was worried that the principles of freedom of speech were under attack. On September 30, with the intent of “pushing back self-imposed limits on expression that seemed to be closing in tighter,” Rose published twelve cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed, images that are considered blasphemous by followers of Islam.
THE DUBAI PORTS CONTROVERSY: AN UPROAR HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
MAR 22, 2006
By Jade Miller
Dubai-based Dubai Ports World (DP World) announced its takeover of P & O, a British shipping and logistics company on February 13 to little fanfare. Coverage of the $3.7 billion deal was restricted mainly to the business section of international news sources, if it was covered at all. Almost none of these outlets made mention of the transfer of management of six U.S. ports from P&O to DP World included in the deal. Only when Senator Charles Schumer spearheaded a high-profile campaign against the deal, did wide spread objections begin to surface.
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA’S GLOBAL VOICE: THE DEBATE SURROUNDING THE NEW VOA BUDGET
MAR 16, 2006
By Amelia H. Arsenault
On February 6, 2006, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) press release made clear that the proposed 2007 budget will result in dramatic changes at the Voice of America (VOA). In particular, the budget will mean the elimination of VOA’s main English transmission, VOA News Now Radio while retaining funding for VOA English to Africa, Special English, and VOA's English website. Other language broadcasts set for elimination include: all VOA television and radio broadcasts in Croatian, Turkish, Thai, Greek and Georgian; and VOA radio broadcasts in Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Russian and Hindi. These changes, particularly the demise of VOA English, have instigated a flurry of speculation about the direction of American international broadcasting and the future of all VOA programming.
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