States use public diplomacy (PD) to transmit information, ideas, and values that support their
interests. Despite the centrality of emotion to early academic accounts of propaganda …

This article discusses the growing body of research on nation branding, arguing for an
expanded critical research agenda on this topic. It begins with an extensive overview of …

While propaganda was central to US public diplomacy in earlier times, and remains central
today, the United States must now practice true public diplomacy, which should rely, not only …

This book tackles the pressing need to expand the vision of strategic US public diplomacy. It
explores the interplay of power politics, culture, identity, and communication and explains …

Social power, defined as" the ability to set standards, create norms and values that are
deemed legitimate and desirable, without resorting to coercion or payment", is a central part …

This article argues that the United States is not only fighting a war against international
terrorism by classical, military means, but is also engaged in a battle over the 'hearts and …

This work also contributed to the securitization theory. A considerably new theory,
securitization theory needs to be developed further and many distinguished scholars have …

The detaining, arresting and holding of journalists for more than half a year without formal
charges in addition to the war and conflict in Ethiopia between different ethnicities and …

Employing the uses and gratifications perspective, this study examined factors that
motivated Kuwaitis to watch or avoid watching the Al-Jazeera satellite channel and their …

The evolution of Information Operations doctrine in the United States is placing more weight
upon Perception Management, particularly at the strategic level. This paper argues that if …