July 2011
2 posts
Dutta-Bergman's culture-centered approach to PD
Was looking to understand more about critical cultural research, so picked up Mohan Dutta-Bergman’s (2006) public diplomacy piece to re-read and analyze. His methodology illustrates historical and grounded theory analysis. He surveys [or leaps] between US public diplomacy in Iran in the 1950s and post 9/11 public diplomacy in the Middle East. For the analysis, he uses Habermas’ theory of...
PD Ethics: Pseudo Sites
I had written before that the openness and transparency of the Internet would spell a decline in propaganda. I define propaganda by its technical features, rather than its source or intent. One of the main technical features is that some aspect of the communication experience is hidden. With the openness of the internet, I reasoned that it would be increasingly difficult to hide or disguise...
