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Technology shifts soft power goals from "winning hearts and minds" to forming relationships
WASHINGTON - Successful deployment of soft power in the 21st century requires rethinking not only methods but also goals. That was the message this week from Nicholas Cull, who spoke at a CCLP forum here this week. Cull, who directs the Masters Program in Public Diplomacy at USC, urged policy...China's new e-commerce standard: from tap on your cell phone to delivery at your door - in one hour
BEIJING -- Chinese online commerce is setting a new standard in convenience: tap your order on your mobile phone, and your merchandise is delivered to you within 60 minutes. Sound impossible?...Chinese TV expands into social media, with new app - for reporters
WASHINGTON - Chinese state television has embraced social media as a tool to expand its influence, according to its top consultant in the U.S. Speaking at a CCLP forum here, Jim Laurie described CCTV's expansion into social networks. Laurie said 300 CCTV reporters worldwide will soon carry a unique...Taipei's free municipal wi-fi provides real-time data for cell phones, computers and even TV sets
Taiwan's capital city, Taipei, has launched a free municipal wi-fi network, which provides cell phones, personal computers, video game consoles and even television sets with everything from typhoon alerts to store coupons....U.S. countermeasures to Internet censorship detailed at CCLP forum
WASHINGTON - The "spy versus spy" world of Internet censorship was the focus of today's monthly CCLP forum here. The speaker was André Mendes, Director of the Office of Technology, Services and Innovation at the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, who showed live demonstrations of circumvention technologies - in real...Art on Public Media 'Anywhere and Anytime' - but on a flat budget
WASHINGTON - The future of arts and culture on public media was the focus of a CCLP roundtable here on Wednesday, featuring leaders in broadcasting, on line and mobile media. The challenge, summarized by Alyce Myatt of the National Endowment for the Arts, is to present more culture from...Alhurra marks ninth anniversary with plunge into mobile apps
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's international TV broadcaster in the Middle East, Alhurra, celebrates its ninth anniversary on the air on Thursday with new initiatives to reach mobile devices. First up, will be a new Alhurra app for Android-powered cell phones, according to Brian T. Conniff, President of Middle East...Digital, social media are major boost US image, message abroad
WASHINGTON - The Internet and social media are providing a major boost for America's image and messages abroad, according to Dawn McCall (pictured right), Coordinator of International Information Programs (IIP) for the State Department, speaking here at a CCLP forum. "The reality for public piplomacy has dramatically changed and so...Australia debates whether cell phones reduce need for a fiber data network
SYDNEY - Critics here are sniping at the Australian government's plan to build optical fiber links to almost all homes here, at an estimated cost of $43 billion. The criticism is that the plan is going forward according to a plan devised years ago - a plan which assumes...Social media viewed as critical tool for cultural diplomacy
WASHINGTON - Facebook, Twitter and other digital social network tools are now integral to cultural diplomacy and arts exchanges, according to presenters at today's CCLP Washington DC "First Monday" forum. Anita Maynard-Losh, Director of Community Engagement for Washington's Arena Stage complex, said she uses Facebook to link twelve ensembles...About Adam Clayton Powell III
Senior Fellow Adam Clayton Powell III coordinates CCLP projects and forums in Washington DC, on subjects ranging from public service media to the future of arts journalism. Before his move to Washington in 2010, he served as USC's Vice Provost for Globalization, working closely with faculty and dean ...
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