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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 →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – ‘Glory to the Heroes’: Ukraine’s war for narrative credibility (Georgetown University)Why You Haven’t Heard About the Secret Cyberwar in Ukraine (The New York Times)Ukrainian influencers bring the frontlines to TikTok... 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 – How Silicon Valley’s Russia crackdown proves its power – and its threat (The Guardian)Using Cyber Tool, Westerners Have Been Texting Russians About the War in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal)Ukraine: Spam... 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 – Twitter Accounts Sharing Video From Ukraine Are Suspended When They’re Needed Most (The Verge)Russia Launches Social Media Offensive Alongside Missiles (Foreign Policy)Ukraine’s Volunteer ‘IT Army’ Is Hacking in Uncharted Territory... Continue Reading →
The term propaganda has accompanied digital diplomacy since its inception more than a decade ago. Notably, although the propaganda has a negative connotation it actually dates back to the Catholic church that wished to propagate the faith. As technologies have evolved, so have the forms of propaganda. Under the reign of Henry VI, tapestries were... Continue Reading →
In 1986 a new press attaché was appointed to the Israeli Embassy in London. His first task was to establish close working relationships with the editors of Fleet Street, the home all major British newspapers at the time. One of the attaché’s most important meeting was with the journalist writing the editorials for the Times... Continue Reading →
James Pamment has written that for most of the 20th century the term public diplomacy was associated with the term propaganda. According to the Oxford Dictionary propaganda relates to information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. During the 21st century, the field of public... Continue Reading →
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