Real-Time Diplomacy: Politics and Power in the Social Media Era

(Palgrave Macmillan) In a high-speed, media-centric world, not only do events move quickly, but so does public reaction to those events, making traditional diplomacy an anachronism. This book examines the essential, often unhappy, marriage between diplomacy and new media, evaluating media’s reach and influence, and determining how policy makers might take advantage of media’s real-time capabilities. Seib is a professor of journalism and public diplomacy, and of international relations at the University of Southern California.