CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES MONITOR

July 12, 2009 - Present
As part of the Center's research project on the topic, this CPD Media Monitor tracks coverage of China's Confucius Institutes around the world.


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
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.

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