Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1942. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [i]-v).

Univ., Diss.--Göteborg, 2003.

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2003.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2008. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 161 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2007. / "Graduate Program in Communication, Information and Library Studies." Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212).

The purpose of this study is to determine, if possible, North Central Texas views or attitudes toward international relations. These attitudes will be compared to studies on Southern attitudes to determine any similarities or dissimilarities. Literature on Southwestern attitudes is sparse; therefore, all data will be compared with that compiled by political scientists on Southern attitudes.

This study illustrates the link between foreign policy, public diplomacy and the media, with reference to the South African Government’s refusal in 2009 and 2011 to issue visas to the Dalai Lama. The research question is: How do the South African media frame foreign policy and how do administrators react to this actuality? As there seems to be a void in South African international political communications, this is where this study purports to contribute. The aim is to investigate how the media frames foreign policy, specifically regarding the case study. Therefore, the media, human rights and foreign policies, and the diplomatic practices of the South African government are studied. The objective is not necessarily to prove or disprove the causal effect of media and public opinion on foreign policy but rather to illustrate the interaction between these elements in the case of the South African government’s denial of visas to the Dalai Lama. / Political Sciences / M.A. (International Politics)

This study illustrates the link between foreign policy, public diplomacy and the media, with reference to the South African Government’s refusal in 2009 and 2011 to issue visas to the Dalai Lama. The research question is: How do the South African media frame foreign policy and how do administrators react to this actuality? As there seems to be a void in South African international political communications, this is where this study purports to contribute. The aim is to investigate how the media frames foreign policy, specifically regarding the case study. Therefore, the media, human rights and foreign policies, and the diplomatic practices of the South African government are studied. The objective is not necessarily to prove or disprove the causal effect of media and public opinion on foreign policy but rather to illustrate the interaction between these elements in the case of the South African government’s denial of visas to the Dalai Lama. / Political Sciences / M.A. (International Politics)

Text in English / Social media has taken the world by storm and keeps on evolving. This evolution poses a threat as well as an opportunity to mankind, to the livelihoods of hordes of people employed in the media industry. It also presents a unique opportunity to chart new waters. This study explores the convergence and divergence of new media and traditional media. This divergence and convergence, if properly understood, will help in understanding the future of traditional media, and thus mitigate the threats posed by the ever evolving social media and communication technologies. This study provided a test case on the legitimacy of traditional media in as much as the ‘public interest and purveyor of public opinion’ clause of the media is concerned. The media cannot afford to live by Marx doctrine of “he who owns the means of production also controls the production of ideas in that epoch’. If it is going to be a driver and custodian of democracy in a new emerging Africa, the media has a responsibility to be the voice of the voiceless. Social media plugs the gap that traditional media leaves. Thus, the two can thus complement each other, rather than compete with each other within the same space. The population in Africa is becoming younger and younger and by extension they are moving away from traditional media towards digital and social media. There is an opportunity to be seized there. This study established that the traditional media has entrenched ways of looking at news, which are normally divergent from the way that the general populace, as captured in social media does. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication Science)

Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T12:22:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PDF - Caroline Rangel Travassos Burity.pdf: 1371157 bytes, checksum: 6b3f5f36ca505e295ed8393eb140d154 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-31 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This dissertation examines the international scenario characterized by new technological revolution and the global media in light with the Media Diplomacy. Based on the analysis of the context of the Information Society, it is discussed the role of the largest global networks communications in the way they are used as an instrument of control, embarrassment, intervention and negotiation in the international scenario. Foremost, there is also a discussion about international communication within the External Relations during the administration of President Lula da Silva (2003-2010), analyzing the composition of the Communication Secretariat of the Presidency (Secom/PR/PR) and its relation to the departments of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE/Itamaraty) and how politics impacted international communication strategies in Foreign Policy. For this, we used official documentary sources of the federal Government, especially available on the balance report for Foreign Policy (2003-2010), the analytical report produced by the Company's News (CDN), the report of Nation Brands Index, as well as articles of Foreign Policy, speeches, interviews, photos and events, press releases and press releases produced by MRE/Itamaraty through the "Review of Foreign Policy in Brazil." Therefore, given the data collected, it was observed that Lula da Silva used the tool of presidential diplomacy (media diplomacy) to promote the image of Brazil abroad. / Este trabalho parte de uma reflexão sobre o cenário internacional marcado pela revolução tecnológica e pelos meios de comunicação globais para um debate sobre o conceito e a prática da Diplomacia Midiática (Media Diplomacy). A análise do contexto da Sociedade de Informação possibilita discutir o papel das grandes redes de comunicação global como instrumentos de controle, constrangimento, intervenção e negociação no cenário internacional. Discute-se, ainda, a comunicação internacional no âmbito das relações exteriores durante o período de governo do presidente Lula da Silva (2003-2010), tendo como objetos a composição da Secretaria de Comunicação da Presidência da República (Secom/PR), a relação desta com os departamentos do Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE/Itamaraty), e o modo como a política de comunicação internacional impactou nas estratégias de política externa. Para isso, foram utilizadas fontes documentais oficiais da administração federal, em especial as disponíveis no Relatório do Balanço de Política Externa (2003-2010), no Relatório analítico produzido pela Companhia da Notícia (CDN), no relatório do Nation Brands Index, além de artigos de Política Externa, discursos, entrevistas, imagens de eventos, notas à imprensa e Press Releases produzidos pelo MRE/Itamaraty através da Resenha de Política Exterior do Brasil. Assim, tendo em vista os dados coletados, observou-se que o governo Lula da Silva se utilizou dos recursos de diplomacia midiática ao promover a imagem do Brasil no exterior.