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Part II: Does Technology Persuade: What We Know About the Relationship of New Media Technology
How does what we know help practitioners makes sense of how to integrate technology into their mission? We know that information and communication technology can be: A) persuasive by its ability to facilitate or enable other attempts at persuasion, B) persuasive as a transmission vehicle (the medium endows some form of credibility or legitimacy), or C) persuasive as a kind of context for communication, an intermediary, that enables influential power of social ties.
Diplomacy, Free of Gravity
DanceMotion USA, a State Department program produced by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, sends American companies to perform abroad for cultural diplomacy but also arranges collaborations between American troupes and foreign ones.
In a Polluted Stream, a Pathway to Peace
Peace talks are under way again in Jerusalem. If the past is any guide, the two sides are stymied over difficult issues like settlements and borders. The negotiators badly need a new approach, and one is right beneath their feet, in the Kidron Valley, the deep ravine that runs from the Old City through the West Bank toward the Dead Sea.
New Organisation Set Up to Promote Music Education and Cultural Diplomacy
A new organisation called EMMA for Peace has been launched to support and promote music education and cultural dialogue across the Mediterranean and the Middle East. EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, is supported by UNESCO. And, according to its website, the organisation aims to create a network of music institutions ‘brought together in the shared interest of music and the promotion of peace in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions.’
Busan International Film Festival: Exploring Asia’s Cinematic Fringe
Asian cinema is definitely reaching a global break-out point. According to the United States-based Motion Picture Association, box office growth in Asia surged 15 percent to $10.4 billion, compared to an uptick of six percent in North America (to $10.8 billion). Asia is on the cusp of becoming the world’s biggest market for cinema.
Canada Scraps Sudan Task Force as Darfur Conflict Resurges
Ottawa has dismantled a key task force aimed at supporting the peace process in Sudan at a time of renewed fighting in Darfur, raising questions about Canada’s commitment to aid and diplomacy in the conflict-torn region.
Kerry Links Egypt Aid to Rulers’ Performance
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Washington's will consider resuming military aid to Egypt "on the basis of performance" that encourages democracy through elections. The US suspended some of its $1.5bn in annual military aid on Wednesday, but Kerry said on Thursday the deliveries could resume if Cairo moves to restore civilian rule.
U.S. Public Diplomacy in Africa: Two Public Diplomacies
On Sunday, September 22, 2013, al-Shabab, a Somali-based al Qaeda cell unleashed gunfire on a Kenyan shopping mall, murdering 72 people and injuring over 200 others. The deadliest terrorist attack in Kenya since the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, the Kenyan mall shooting temporarily brought Africa to the forefront of U.S. news organizations like CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, who typically ignore the continent.
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