by Matt Armstrong | May 31, 2012 | Monitor
Read my post this morning at the Public Diplomacy Council website about the lack of serious debate over the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act. What is it about U.S. public diplomacy that we must hide it from Americans? Is it so abhorrent that it would embarrass the...
by Matt Armstrong | May 29, 2012 | Monitor
The current debate on the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act is filled with misinformation about the history of Smith-Mundt, some of it verging on blatant propaganda, making the overall discussion rich in irony. In 1947, the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional committee...
by Matt Armstrong | May 26, 2012 | Monitor
Courtesy of Bruce Gregory, Professor of Media and Public Affairs, here is the latest update on resources that may be of general interest for teachers, students, and practitioners of public diplomacy and related courses and activities. Suggestions for future updates...
by Matt Armstrong | May 17, 2012 | Monitor
Last week, Representatives Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced a bill to amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to “authorize the domestic dissemination of information and material about the United States...
by Matt Armstrong | May 16, 2012 | Monitor
Looking into the future from the past is often fascinating. A Bell Labs film from 1961 on the changing communication environment predicts the future information age as it projects its technology into the future. This includes machine to machine communication, online...
