Is it the medium or the message? Social media, American public diplomacy & Iran

Global Media Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Metzgar, Emily T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

21st century statecraft; Iran; Public diplomacy 2.0; Social media; U.S. foreign policy; Virtual diplomacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872528356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15507521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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