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As the World Tweets: The New Tools of Diplomacy

Of the world’s seven billion people, about 2.4 billion have access, in some way, to the Internet. The ability to connect many-to-many has led to some remarkable events and phenomena in recent years. The tools did not cause the Arab Spring, but they did allow for better organizing, amplification of messages, and the ability to show the world what was happening minute-by-minute, tweet-by-tweet. A self-immolation in Tunisia went pretty much unnoticed when only 28,000 of the country’s population subscribed to Facebook, but it was entirely different when that number was close to two million.

BY Charles M. Firestone

Blog Post

04.23.2014
Communications

The Weightless Marketplace: Coming to Terms with Innovative Payment Systems, Digital Currencies and Online Labor Markets

This report describes the developments in information and communications technologies and then explores, particularly, innovations in payment systems, and alternative currencies.

BY David Bollier

Publication

04.17.2014
Communications

Adapting for the Global Diplomatic Arena: A Report of the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Diplomacy and Technology

This report captures the contrasting diplomatic approaches by the U.S. and China in the context of Southeast Asia. It also provides recommendations for policymakers and diplomatic communities.

BY Shanthi Kalathil

Publication

04.16.2014
Communications

NBP@4: Surprises, Lessons, and Still in Beta

Turns out in every national broadband plan around the world, there are four strategies that dominate.

BY Blair Levin

Blog Post

03.23.2014
Communications

The National Broadband Plan Four Years Later

One of the lessons of “Big History” is that the great advantage the human species has over other species is inter-generational “collective learning.� ...

BY Blair Levin

Blog Post

03.14.2014
Communications

FOCAS Report Offers Solutions for the Next Phase of Open Government

The rapid pace of technological advancement in recent years is laying a foundation for exciting new opportunities for the open government movement. Governm ...

BY Sarah Eppehimer

Blog Post

01.27.2014
Communications

Open Government Report Release

This week marks the launch of a new Communications & Society digital report on open government! The six chapters series (linked below) examines ways to ...

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

01.17.2014
Communications

Toward the Next Phase of Open Government

The report examines the current barriers to open government and provides creative solutions for advancing open government efforts.

BY Panthea Lee

Publication

01.14.2014
Communications

Toward An Accountable Open Government Culture

Despite the great many initiatives taking root worldwide, the open government movement has yet to achieve its potential. Open data has been used toward civ ...

BY Panthea Lee, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

12.12.2013
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