Research - 4

Source:

United States cyber-diplomacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cyber-diplomacy

My Topic:

Korean government should change and develop cyber diplomacy policy.

What I hope to learn from this source:

A current state of United States cyber diplomacy

Notes:

1. Interact with a wider public - Cyber-diplomacy has as its underpinnings that, “it recognizes that new communication technologies offer new opportunities to interact with a wider public by adopting a network approach and making the most of an increasingly multicentric global, interdependent system.”

2. Between the people and government - As stated by Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the mission of American public diplomacy “is to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world.”

3. U.S. interests in cyberspace - Cyber-Diplomacy as identified by the United States Department of State, “encompasses a wide range of U.S. interests in cyberspace. These include not only cyber security and Internet freedom, but also Internet governance, military uses of the Internet, innovation and economic growth. Cyberspace has also become a foreign policy issue in multilateral fora, in our bilateral relationships, and in our relationships with industry and civil society.”

4. YouTube, multimedia and social media to reach publics - Cyber-diplomacy was embraced by the United States Department of State in the commencement of 21st century statecraft, utilizing YouTube, multimedia and social media to reach publics, in 2009. The efforts by the U.S. Department of State in cyber-diplomacy has led the State Department to currently have 230 Facebook pages, 80 Twitter accounts, 55 channels on YouTube and 40 accounts on Flickr. The State Department has also founded many cyber-diplomacy programs and initiatives. Some of these programs are Dipnote, Digital Outreach Team, Opinion Space, Democracy Dialogues and Civil Society 2.0.

5. Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained the concept as "We're working to leverage the power and potential in what I call 21st century statecraft. Part of our approach is to embrace new tools, like using cell phones for mobile banking or to monitor elections. But we're also reaching to the people behind these tools, the innovators and entrepreneurs themselves."

6. Dipnote(open conversation, translation of President Obama’s speeches) - Dipnote was created in 2007 and opened a platform for the U.S. State Department to engage foreign publics through blogs. It encourages open conversation in regards to the United States and public diplomacy. Part of the philosophy of Dipnote is to accept negative and positive feedback from participants and in doing so assess the temperature of foreign publics. Another new purpose of Dipnote is the establishment of communication, creation of narrative and the translation of President Obama’s speeches.
 

Final Thoughts:

Before I read this, I think only a strong policy of cyber diplomacy helps the diplomacy that can increase the power between governments. But I know soft way that use many medias can also help. Especially, If Korea government follows the same things such as United States government commutes nation through media even negative opinions, Korea government can break the untrust between nation.