Global television and the shaping of world politics : CNN, telediplomacy, and foreign policy / Royce J. Ammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ammon, Royce J., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy.

Communication in international relations.

Television in politics.

Physical Description:

ix, 197 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2001]

Summary:

In 1995, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said of the Cable News Network, "CNN is the sixteenth member of the [15 member United Nations] Security Council." Scholars as well as diplomats have recognized the existence of a link between communications and diplomacy, but up until now the implications of this relationship have been left unexplored. In this work, the author studies the historic interconnectedness between communications and diplomacy, how communications have historically determined the practice of diplomacy, and how, with the development of global television, communications can determine diplomatic outcomes under certain conditions. This work also examines the ways in which todays broadcasting will shape foreign policy processes in the future and the future impact of global television in world politics.

Contents:

1. Communication and Diplomacy: An Historic Relationship

1. The Communication-Diplomacy Link 5

2. Paradigms, Communication, and Diplomacy 12

3. Diplomacy and Communication: The Results of Linkage 48

2. Communications and Diplomacy: Present Realities

4. The Persian Gulf War and Telediplomacy: The Next Diplomatic Paradigm 65

5. Global Television's Ability to Drive Policy 88

6. Global Television and Diplomatic Outcomes 96

7. Global Television's Mechanisms for Driving Policy 130

3. Communications and Diplomacy: Future Potential

8. Today's Communications, Tomorrow's Diplomacy 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index.

ISBN:

0786410620

OCLC:

46422327