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On Wednesday, August 31st, it was announced that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died aged 91. As is the case with any major event, different news outlets narrated Gorbachev’s differently. Newspapers, websites and bloggers all adopted different narratives, or frames when depicting Gorbachev . For instance, the BBC headline read “Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting (The New York Times)Israeli tech worker goes viral with AI bot that churns out ‘cringe’ LinkedIn posts (Times of Israel)Twitter and... Continue Reading →
This week I have published a new working paper examining Russia's practice of 'Selfie Diplomacy' during 2020-2021. The Working paper begins by discussing why nostalgia is such a common sentiment in todays' world, arguing that nostalgia is an attempt to force logic onto an incoherent world. Next, the working paper examines the Selfie and asserts... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – AI-generated art illustrates another problem with technology (The Guardian)The Fights for "Instagram Face" (MIT Technology Review)TikTok Browser Can Track Users’ Keystrokes (The New York Times)Should Companies Track Workers With Monitoring... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Chinese tech giants share details of their prized algorithms with top regulator in unprecedented move (CNBC)Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls (The New York Times)Facebook considering ending restrictions on Covid... Continue Reading →
In 2014, Russia launched a stealth invasion of Ukraine. Resulting in the annexation of Crimea, the 2014 invasion saw the mass utilization of social media by Russian state authorities, the Russian foreign ministry and Russian diplomats. Russia’s digital communications rested on four arguments. First, that the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Perils of Preaching Nationalism Play Out on Chinese Social Media (The New York Times) UK Parliament closes TikTok account after China data warning (BBC News)Corruption is sending shock waves through... Continue Reading →
The Russia-Ukraine war has witnessed the emergence of new social media practices. The Ukrainian government, for one, has been using social media to crowdfund its armed forces and create an IT army charged with cyber-attacks against Russia. Yet the war has also seen the growing use of memes. Ukrainian diplomats and government ministries have published... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Here is what Saudi Arabia's city of the future will look like (Cybernews)State Department pursues ‘people-people’ diplomacy through video games (The Washington Post)Inside Ukraine’s open-source war (Financial Times)Starlink: Why is... Continue Reading →
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