‘Three-fifths of Twitter’s UK users follow a newspaper or journalist’
Nearly three-fifths of Twitter's 15 million UK users follow at least one national newspaper brand or journalist and are twice as likely to tweet...
Social Media Diplomacy Is Worth The Risk: US State Department
Whispers: US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks privately with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se. At other times, Secretary Kerry and his department...
Turkish President Rejects Facebook, YouTube Ban Over Wiretaps
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's president on Friday ruled out any ban on Facebook and YouTube after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the sites could...
Economic Diplomacy as Public Diplomacy
Successful public diplomacy is based on providing foreign publics what they need, be it information, a vaccination program, or help in securing economic well-being.
A...
Michelle Obama’s fashion diplomacy
By Robin Givhan
Michelle Obama stands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a state dinner at the State Palace Complex Istana Merdeka in Jakarta....
Sweden: An Old Hand At Gastrodiplomacy
One of the most successful and reliable tactics of diplomacy is negotiation, an act that often takes place over lunch or dinner when everyone...
Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube if Erdoğan wins elections
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Facebook and YouTube could be banned following local elections in March after leaked tapes of an...
Seven reasons why the public sector should use more video
Public sector use of video could reduce costs and improve employee engagement. Photograph: Newmann/zefa/Corbis
The latest civil service employee survey shows that engagement across Whitehall...
The People’s Skype, A Cell Phone Broadcasting and Voting System for Occupy Protesters
The People’s Skype by Jonathan Baldwin is a cell phone-based broadcasting and voting system designed specifically for Occupy protest assemblies (demo video). A speaker...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Ukraine protesters being spied on through cell phones, reports say
Major mobile phone providers in Ukraine deny that they're working with the nation's government to spy on protesters, who've brought a fresh and intense...