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From the power of the political hashtag, to the use of social media to announce Russia’s expulsion from the G8, the technological revolution has had a substantial impact on the practice of crisis communication. In the context of the rise in power of civil society, the globalisation of public opinion, and the unprecedented increase in new means of communication, the digital age has forced Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) to reassess, repackage, and ultimately transform their crisis communication strategies. The contribution of this lecture to the domains of diplomatic studies, international relations and communication studies is threefold: 1) expose and confront the changing nature of diplomatic crisis communication during the fourth digital age; 2) shed light on the use of two communicative capabilities (digital diplomatic signalling and online crisis narrative), exploring how, to what extent and with what comparison both capabilities are used by agents during political crisis; and 3) theorise and empirically demonstrate how both communicative processes serve (or do not serve) as instruments for virtual state enlargement during the conflict. These findings are of use to practitioners and scholars alike, and allow for the crafting of a set of best practices for MFAs and their agents during times of crisis.
Speaker:
Dr. Jennifer Cassidy is a Departmental Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford. She gained her PhD from the University of Oxford. Exploring the evolving topic of Digital Diplomacy in an Age of Real-Time Governance is one of her primary research areas, alongside Technology, Diplomacy, Big Tech, Political Crisis, and the role of gender in the political and diplomatic sphere. She has served as a diplomatic attaché to Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the United Nations in New York, and the European Diplomatic Service to the Kingdom of Cambodia, working on the Khmer Rouge Tribunals, and development and human rights issues within the region.
Chair & Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar (GIGA)
Information on participating / attending:
Registration required.
Date:
10/11/2023 13:00 - 10/11/2023 14:30
Registration deadline:
10/11/2023
Event venue:
Online Event
Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Media and communication sciences, Politics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/27/2023
Sender/author:
Verena Schweiger
Department:
Fachabteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event75265
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