On the 5th of December 2016 the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade published the Digital Media Strategy 2016-18. This follows the previous Public Diplomacy Strategy 2014–16 published in 2014 and updated in the last few years. This move has been encouraged by the Minister Julie Bishop - considered the inventor of the emoji diplomacy …
#ItaliaIn: the Italian MFA social media campaign
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has launched a brand-new social media campaign tagged with the hashtag #Italiain. The short press release introducing this new digital diplomacy initiative affirms that the social media campaign will describe - through images, videos and infographics - the several aspects of the Italian diplomatic activities around the world. …
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Cross-platform communication and Digital Methods: an example
Here's the abstract and the slides of my presentation at the Anzca Conference 2016 in Newcastle. Click here for the slides Cross-platform communication and context: assessing social media engagement in Public Diplomacy Abstract The new computational tools developed in digital methods are really powerful on mapping Twitter conversations related to a particular topic. Nevertheless, there are …
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Luigi Di Martino 