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Inquiry about Social Media Strategy. David Fischer writes ...
One of my graduate students is currently working on a project for the Dutch Foreign Ministry, a survey of professional views on the importance of social networking in public diplomacy. Could the survey be posted with a request that anyone with a view should contact her directly? It would be a great help to her.

- How important is public diplomacy in relation to traditional diplomacy?

How has it changed since the Cold War? Since 9/11?
Obama's Presidential campaign?
How is it affected by the 'democratization' of the audience?
How has it evolved in the Information Age/Global village?

- How can social media be used to support foreign policy goals?
- What style of interaction is best for a government agency in the social media realm?
- What is the code of conduct in the social media realm for government agencies?
- What are the potential linkages between a government agency’s website and other social media providers such as Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/blogs/microsites?
- What is your view on tailoring/formatting content to suit specific media channels?
- Is it better to develop a presence on social media under a broad umbrella (ie., "The Netherlands in the Western US") on to focus on specific themes of interest (ie., "water management" or "creative industries")?
- Who is your target audience in the United States?
- What kind of content should we communicate to American citizens?
- To what degree should we leverage excellence in one field in the promotion of other public diplomacy topics?
- What is your vision on collaboration between EU countries in terms of public diplomacy?
- There are critics saying that the internet exists to circumvent the government, and according to this opinion, the government should not have a voice in social media. What is your view?

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Organizations and online resources

Government agencies and services

America.gov, U.S. Department of State
U.S. Advisory Commission On Public Diplomacy
Broadcasting Board Governors

Private membership and non-government organizations

Academic departments, research institutes, and collaborative development projects

Public Diplomacy Council, George Washington University
Readling list of books, articles, and Web sites on public diplomacy, compiled by Bruce Gregory of George Washington University
University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy
Public Diplomacy Wiki, maintained by University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy
Joint MSc/MA program in public diplomacy at Syracuse University.
Program on International Policy Attitudes, a joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland.
DiplomacyMonitor.Com, St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Fl). Provides a real-time chronicle of government and international organization public statements
NancySnow.Com, Web site of Nancy Snow, PhD, author and Assistant Professor of Communications, California State University, Fullerton
Institute of Communications Studies, Univ. of Leeds
Foreign Policy Centre (U.K.) public diplomacy research program
Global Americana Institute: a project to translate the classics of American thought and history into Arabic
Global Text: writing electronic textbooks for distribution free of charge in developing countries
OpenCourseWare: offers access to courses at MIT and 120 other universities.

Web logs, news sites, video and audio downloads

WhirledView, a Web log devoted to public diplomacy and related issues
Mountain Runner blog
World Public Opinion, operated by Program on International Policy Attitudes.
Layalina press review. "Layalina's efforts represent the first private sector initiative to establish new lines of communication and dialogue with citizens and key opinion leaders throughout the Arab world."
Public Diplomacy Then and Now, Nancy Snow PhD discusses U.S. public diplomacy challenges past and present.
Selling America, PBS devoted one episode of its POV series on American efforts to develop and market American policies and ideas abroad.

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