Category: Dispersed Networks

Mapping the Question: what does it mean if the demographic of two-thirds of your audience is not your target demographic?

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Data mapping, Dispersed Networks, Network analysis, networks, Public Diplomacy

Matt Armstrong posed this question on Mountainrunner. The coding of the data he had gathered was crowdsourced via twitter. This has allowed him to run an analysis of the global audience of a government initiative run on a social media application. The result of his analysis demonstrates that 67% – 70% of the audience is … Read More “Mapping the Question: what does it mean if the demographic of two-thirds of your audience is not your target demographic?” »

#g2g

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Data mapping, Dispersed Networks, Habits of engagement, Network analysis, networks, online, Public Diplomacy

The evaluation of Government 2.0 initiatives using a network analysis approach, has demonstrated the importance of understanding the type of the network which is being engaged through social media. The value of consciously considering whether the initiative will be centralised around Government or dispersed throughout society should not be overlooked. This may unlock the potential … Read More “#g2g” »

Partnership or enduring relationships, what's the most that can be expected?

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Dispersed Networks, networks, Public Diplomacy

Today when funds in many countries are being restricted or greater impact demanded from the same level of funding, partnerships are seen as one way of responding to the escalating demands on Public Diplomacy. However, how far can a partnership go, and what is the ultimate demonstration of success? The example of the British Council … Read More “Partnership or enduring relationships, what's the most that can be expected?” »

Glassman in the UK

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Dispersed Networks, networks, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

James Glassman has been in the UK for the last couple of days, and along with marking 9/11 he has been celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright Programme at Downing Street, speaking at Chatham House and appearing on the Today Programme. Whilst his view of the rhetoric in the years immediately after 9/11 is … Read More “Glassman in the UK” »

KAP Gap

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Dispersed Networks, Habits of engagement, networks, Public Diplomacy, Uncategorized

The many different approaches to communication can both compete with and enrich other areas of communication. The combination of communication and development work, as organisations such as PANOS have done, demonstrates much from which others can learn. Equally the experience of health promotion over the years provides useful insight. To reiterate, while many may practitioners … Read More “KAP Gap” »

Is there a glass ceiling in “network engagement”?

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Dispersed Networks, networks, online, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

James Glassman’s first speech on his vision for Public Diplomacy, hosted at the Council for Foreign Relations, provides an interesting view of the tensions that arise when the US perspective on Public Diplomacy is articulated. To be fair to Glassman, the tensions he faces are not unique to the US. They are problematic for any … Read More “Is there a glass ceiling in “network engagement”?” »

A short note on influence

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'Listening', Dispersed Networks, Habits of engagement, International Communcation, Listening exercises, networks, Public Diplomacy

A key part of the Dispersed Networks project is considering them as networks of influence – When engaged in any form of international communication, public diplomacy, cultural relations, or whatever other label practitioners or theorists wish to put on the work, the aim of the activity is not just changing people’s perceptions, but rather influencing … Read More “A short note on influence” »

The meaning of networks

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Dispersed Networks, International Communcation, networks, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

As I’ve starting to pull together the elements for a project on dispersed networks of influence, I thought I’d better start by thinking about the idea of networks in Public Diplomacy and then more specifically dispersed networks. Within the study of public diplomacy there has been various discussions about networks vs. hierarchies. For example RS … Read More “The meaning of networks” »

Linking ideas

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Dispersed Networks, networks, online, Virtual Communities

Due to busy week I’ll just put two great links that demonstrate the importance of creating empowering links between peopel and particularly between different specialisms online. Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics from TED and a site sharing the Many Eyes; A service that combines information visualization with social software, enabling collaborative visualization by groups of users. … Read More “Linking ideas” »

Looking at the Iranian Blogosphere

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Dispersed Networks, networks, online, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

The publication of Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere by John Kelly, and Bruce Etling at Harvard demonstrates the way in which mapping the networks of bloggers can provide and insight into the way they cluster around certain topics. This is the image that study produced; Both image and report … Read More “Looking at the Iranian Blogosphere” »