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In the Digital Training Camp: Taking traditional diplomacy into the digital age
Digital Diplomacy: Der Wandel der Außenpolitik im digitalen Zeitalter
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Abstract Social media have permanently changed the area of foreign policy: transparency in political activity, interaction rather than mere information, and communication on an equal footing are but a few of the implications for a reconfiguration of
international relations. Governmental actors are
respond... view more
Social media have permanently changed the area of foreign policy: transparency in political activity, interaction rather than mere information, and communication on an equal footing are but a few of the implications for a reconfiguration of
international relations. Governmental actors are
responding to these changes in the digital world. Thus, states such as the USA, Great Britain and Sweden have already defined communication via social
networks as one of the core tasks of their foreign policy. They use cyberspace as a medium for conducting virtual diplomacy - and in this way, they try to bring their foreign policy into line with the changes in media.... view less
Keywords
freedom of opinion; civil society; Internet; international cultural policy; Federal Republic of Germany; United States of America; facebook; communication policy; media policy; censorship; social media; web 2.0; Arab countries; twitter; target group; information policy; conception; differentiation
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
Public Diplomacy; Digital Diplomacy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Edition
2. rev. ed.
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
14 p.
Series
ifa Edition Culture and Foreign Policy
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works