digital diplomacy
Education Ministry launching course to train students to advocate for Israel on online social networks • "Our 'young ambassadors' can be the future reservists of Israeli public diplomacy," Education Minister Naftali Bennett says.
On the incorporation of social media into African diplomacy.
The ten most notable PD moments from 2015.
On Monday evening, Facebook FB +1.05% COO Sheryl Sandberg announced in Berlin the launch of a new campaign against extremist speech on the Internet, called Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI). The initiative is supported by the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection [...]
On January 8, heavies from the White House and U.S. intelligence and security sectors arrived in San Jose, California [...] to examine a pressing, worldwide problem: “How can we make it harder for terrorists to leveraging [sic] the internet to recruit, radicalize, and mobilize followers to violence?”
Stories about art, music and theater were a key theme in this week’s PD News roundup.
Degree centrality and social media's impact on public diplomacy.
Online activism is a frequently debated topic amongst journalists and researchers alike. What effect can a popular Twitter hashtag really have in achieving political or social change? Wasim Ahmed looks in depth at last year’s heavily tweeted #ThisIsACoup hashtag.