America's 'engagement' delusion: Critiquing a public diplomacy consensus

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-220

  Comor, Edward ^a   Bean, Hamilton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Facebook; Foreign policy; Public diplomacy; Public diplomacy 2.0; Public relations; Social media; State Department; Twitter; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859018625     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048511432603     Document Type: Review

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