Real-time diplomacy : politics and power in the social media era / Philip Seib.

By:

Seib, Philip M, 1949-

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TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan, c2012.Description: 199 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230339439

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327.2

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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