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APR 12, 2012
Demonizing Iran & the Electronic Curtain
Sutradhar's Market
President Barack Obama in his Nowruz address to the Iranian people coined the term “electronic curtain” to describe the lack of access to online information in Iran.Now, the United States government has launched a campaign based upon the phrase.
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APR 12, 2012
BBG Budget: Voice of America Slashed, Fewer Broadcasters, More Bureaucrats
The Foundry (blog)
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) recently released its 2013 budget request, which slashes Voice of America (VOA) funding by more than $17 million while increasing funding for major bureaucratic offices inside the International Broadcasting Bureau.
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APR 10, 2012
Former US ambassador Kmiec to launch book in Malta
Times of Malta
The book 'Lift Up your Hearts' is being launched at the Aula Magna in St Paul Street, Valletta on April 19 at 1.45 p.m. The book talks of the ambassador's resignation when he saw that his inter-faith diplomacy in Malta was not supported by the State Department.
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APR 6, 2012
Tweeting democracy across the Arab world
Al Arabiya News
Social media has enabled citizen journalists with the ability to create and distribute content across the globe. It allowed millions of strangers to unite behind the cause of greater freedom and economic opportunity and organize mass demonstrations...
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APR 5, 2012
The Future of Public Diplomacy, a USC conference
Mountainrunner
The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at USC has their annual conference tomorrow, April 6, 2012. The conference will provide a discussion on new technologies and emerging actors in the amorphous “thing” sometimes called public diplomacy.
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APR 4, 2012
Recent Blogs of Note #2
CPD Blog
An interesting new blog post from the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy discusses World Learning’s recent partnership with America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, INC. (AMIDEAST)...another interesting blog post from the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy reveals that the Partners of the Americas recent program, “A Ganar Juarez” (Lets win Juarez), a program implemented in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico had the goal of helping young adults, find jobs and develop entrepreneurial skills.
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MAR 30, 2012
Winning Hearts and Minds in the Information Age at ISA
Mountainrunner
In the new information environment world leaders are finding that they must communicate with multiple audiences. This panel considers the range of approaches governments are using to meet this public diplomacy imperative as well as the diverse objectives behind these efforts.
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MAR 29, 2012
Wikipedia Co-Founder Adding More African Languages
VOA News
The co-founder of Wikipedia says the languages of Yoruba in West Africa and Swahili in East Africa are the most popular among the several African languages being used on the online encyclopedia..."For a long time there was this sort of cultural concern...
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MAR 29, 2012
BBG, Gallup Partner On Research
Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and Gallup today detailed the ways in which their new partnership is helping the BBG inform, engage and connect with people worldwide in order to better serve their needs and support U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
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MAR 29, 2012
Personal issues now part of public diplomacy
Global Times
Public diplomacy has been the norm in the US and European countries for a long time, but in China this concept has yet to be understood and accepted widely. Government efforts at communicating with the public both home and overseas are often criticized as insensitive and opaque.
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