by goodall | Jan 29, 2011 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Egypt, Framing, Identification, Islam, Israel, Media, Narrative, Obama, Religion, Sensemaking, State Dept., technology
by Bud Goodall The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia last week beget further democracy uprisings in Egypt and Yemen this week, as well as protests in Jordan and Mauritania. If the protesters are finally successful in Egypt and President Hosni Mubarak is forced out, this...
by lundry | Nov 11, 2010 | Media, Sensemaking, State Dept., technology, Terrorism 2.0
by Cameron Bean Since November of 2006, the State Department has taken its public diplomacy efforts into the online arena of Arabic, Urdu, and Persian discussion boards. Heading this effort is the Digital Outreach Team (DOT). According to DOT member Muath Alsufy, the...
by editor | Apr 19, 2009 | Image, technology
by Steven R. Corman I just ran across this interesting release from Gallup. It cross-analyzes data from Gallup’s Communications Index “which measures the extent to which respondents are connected via electronic communications” and approval of U.S....
by cheong | Mar 26, 2009 | Analysis, Identification, Media, technology, Terrorism 2.0
By Pauline Hope Cheong Two related white papers have generated fresh buzz about Internet radicalization in recent weeks. These papers are in substantial disagreement about the basic issue of how much of a force the Internet is in causing radicalization. This is a...
by editor | Dec 10, 2008 | Analysis, Media, Movements, technology
by Steven R. Corman The Alliance of Youth Movements (AYM) Summit took place last week in New York City. The event was announced during a press conference on November 24 by Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Jim Glassman and Jared Cohen of the State...
by nbrody | Nov 25, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Media, Strategic Comm., technology
by Nicholas Brody This is the fourth part of a five part series on about the one-year anniversary of the State Department’s Dipnote blog. In Part 1 we focused on reviewing DipNote management and processes. In Part 2 we looked at what the State Department bloggers...
