Your Opinion Needed for the State Department
The State Department wants your opinion. No, not on weighty matters like the Arab Spring/Winter, relations with Russia, the state of NATO, or Chinese free-trade… Read More
Social Media in Warfare: The New Battleground
Twitter, blogs, and YouTube accompanied rockets, bombs, and aircraft as weapons in the conflict between Israel and Hamas that concluded in a ceasefire last week…. Read More
Israel and Hamas Wage Twitter War
Israel has been live blogging on its attacks as well as major strikes upon it by Hamas during the most recent crisis. Israel and Hamas… Read More
Clinton Attempts to Dismiss Leaked Benghazi E-Mails
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded in an interview with television reporters to the leak of incriminating State Department e-mails from September 11. It… Read More
Can China’s Social Media Break the Chains of Censorship?
Social media in China are pushing the envelope of government control, but China’s censors are demonstrating that they still have the stuff. For instance, where… Read More
Tweeting: An Olympic Sport?
The London Olympics have been dubbed the “social media Olympics.” Again, social media find their way into the big story of the day, but keeping… Read More
Scribecast: How Kony 2012 Went Viral
Invisible Children brought worldwide attention to Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army with a wildly popular documentary called “Kony 2012.” The 30-minute film depicted… Read More
Microblogging: The Latest Challenge for China’s Censors
China has the dubious distinction of being one of the most controlled information environments in the world. Yet even China’s army of censors can at times… Read More
New Technology and the Arab Revolt
Political and technological changes have a history of going hand in hand. Technology empowers individuals to overcome their isolation and connect to share ideas, information,… Read More
Washington in a Flash: Obama Makes His Pitch to La Raza
President Obama takes a break from the debt-limit talks to deliver a speech before the National Council of La Raza — a group that has… Read More
President Obama Fails Twitter
President Obama made history yesterday by becoming the first President to tweet live at a nationally televised event. But does one tweet – or even… Read More
Chicago-Style Politics on Twitter: How the White House Uses Social Media
President Obama takes questions later today at the first-ever Twitter town hall. This high-profile event is yet another example of the White House’s embrace of… Read More
Chinese Censors Tighten Grip on Internet
Which country has the most Internet users? No, it is not the United States, as cyber connected as we are in this country. The correct… Read More
Moscow Faces Online Opposition
As the Internet is used increasingly in Russia, the Kremlin is fighting to maintain control of Russia’s new media. According to a poll conducted by… Read More
Looking For A Few Good Friends
Internet outreach is the hottest new item in the U.S. government’s array of public diplomacy tools. While international broadcasting is in disarray, the focus has… Read More
In the Green Room: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UoSvb8yYwI[/youtube] Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a newly minted freshman from Utah, brought his laid back, candid style to Heritage at Tuesday’s blogger briefing. Chaffetz won his… Read More
