A Strategic Issue Management (SIM) Approach to Social Media Use in Public Diplomacy 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

This research proposed that social media use in public diplomacy should first be a strategic issue management (SIM) process. Using two case studies, the research identified four phases of the SIM proc...

Strategic Uses of Mediated Public Diplomacy: International Reaction to U.S. Tourism Advertising 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

Using a newly launched U.S. tourism commercial as a stimulus, this pre/post quasi-experimental study empirically tests the bleed-over effect of tourism advertising on public diplomacy measures. Metric...

Crisis Communication, Image Restoration, and Battling Stereotypes of Terror and Wars: Media Strategies for Attracting Tourism to Middle Eastern Countr... 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

The constant media coverage of the Middle East in terms of conflicts, terror attacks, and wars affects the media and public image of countries in this area. In analyzing marketing initiatives, media p...

An Integrated Approach to Public Diplomacy 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

The Conditional Nature of Value-Based Proximity Between Countries: Strategic Implications for Mediated Public Diplomacy 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

Media attention accorded to foreign countries constitutes a crucial facet of public diplomacy. Studies have shown that proximity in values is a key factor that determines such media attention. Models ...

Diplomat in Chief? Assessing the Influence of Presidential Evaluations on Public Diplomacy Outcomes Among Foreign Publics 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

The current study builds on previous knowledge of international public opinion by examining the role that the evaluation of a nation’s leader may have on evaluations of the nation by a foreign public....

Al-Jazeera, Qatar, and New Tactics in State-Sponsored Media Diplomacy 14 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am

The use of international broadcasting, a tool of public diplomacy since World War I, can be divided into two chronological periods. The first, which began during World War I and declined in the post–C...

Social Inequality and Health Across the Life Course 13 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am

Social inequalities in health persist across the life course, but the magnitude of these differences differs for children, young adults, and those in mid and later life. Longitudinal data confirm that...

Spatial Polygamy and Contextual Exposures (SPACEs): Promoting Activity Space Approaches in Research on Place And Health 13 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am

Exposure science has developed rapidly and there is an increasing call for greater precision in the measurement of individual exposures across space and time. Social science interest in an individual’...

Educational Attainment in the Context of Social Inequality: New Directions for Research on Education and Health 13 Jul 2013 | 02:18 am

A large literature documents a strong and consistent educational gradient in health: more-educated persons enjoy lower rates of morbidity and mortality. This literature has generally focused on the am...