Real-time diplomacy :
Seib, Philip M., 1949-
Real-time diplomacy : politics and power in the social media era / Philip Seib. - Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan, c2012. - 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The political revolution --
The media revolution --
Traditional diplomacy and the cushion of time --
The arrival of rapid-reaction diplomacy --
The expeditionary diplomat and the case for public diplomacy --
The promise of networks --
Ripple effects --
Looking ahead.
The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East proved that democracy retains its appeal, even to people who have long lived without it. They also illustrate how, in a high-speed, media-centric world, conventional diplomacy has become an anachronism. It analyses the essential marriage between diplomacy and new media, evaluating media's real-time capabilities rather than being driven by them.
9780230339439
Diplomacy
Diplomacy--Decision making--Technological innovations
Social media--Political aspects
Internet and international relations
Protest movements in mass media
Protest movements--History--Arab countries--21st century
327.2
Real-time diplomacy : politics and power in the social media era / Philip Seib. - Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan, c2012. - 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
The political revolution --
The media revolution --
Traditional diplomacy and the cushion of time --
The arrival of rapid-reaction diplomacy --
The expeditionary diplomat and the case for public diplomacy --
The promise of networks --
Ripple effects --
Looking ahead.
The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East proved that democracy retains its appeal, even to people who have long lived without it. They also illustrate how, in a high-speed, media-centric world, conventional diplomacy has become an anachronism. It analyses the essential marriage between diplomacy and new media, evaluating media's real-time capabilities rather than being driven by them.
9780230339439
Diplomacy
Diplomacy--Decision making--Technological innovations
Social media--Political aspects
Internet and international relations
Protest movements in mass media
Protest movements--History--Arab countries--21st century
327.2