A chat with Bahar Mohammed of Al Jazeera English about the practice of journalism, followed by my presentation on navigating politics with New Media:
I. INTRODUCTION
A. THE GAME IS THE SAME — POLITICS HAS ALWAYS TURNED ON USING THE MEDIA
B. BUT THE FIELD IS DIFFERENT — NEW MEDIA OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
C. TO BE ON THE “INSIDE”, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES — AND THEN ESTABLISH YOUR PATH
II. THE STATE AND THE MEDIA
A. THE DIRECT APPROACH
B. THE INDIRECT OF “PRIMING THE MEDIA” — THE NETWORKS OF “NEWS”
C. CASE STUDY: IRAQ 2003
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-139703/Just-45-minutes-attack.html
D. CASE STUDY: “ISIL” 2014
https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/publications/ia/INTA92_1_04_SiniverLucas.pdf
E. CASE STUDY: SYRIA 2017-2018
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/pentagon-considering-recommending-combat-troops-in-syria/
TrumpWatch, Day 763: Military Push Back Trump — 400 US Troops to Stay in Syria
III. THE STATE, THE NEW MEDIA WORLD, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS — THE MYTH OF “WEB 2.0”
A. ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS WITH THE NARROW DEFINITION OF “US V. TERRORISTS/EXTREMISTS”
http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/us/2008/112605.htm
B. SHALLOW PRESENTATION — THE FRAPPUCINO LATTE INCIDENT
C. FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND INTERACTION — THE “VIRTUAL IRAN EMBASSY”
http://iran.usembassy.gov/
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/01/embassy-us-iran-khamenei.html#
IV. THE NEW MEDIA WORLD AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS — THE POSSIBILITIES OF A “DYNAMIC” APPROACH
A. MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
https://www.whitehouse.gov
B. THE PROPAGANDA BARRAGE LINKING STATE AND MEDIA
THE RUSSIA MACHINE
https://www.rt.com/
C. THE SIGNAL
IRANIAN PRESIDENT ROUHANI
As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanah. pic.twitter.com/tmaf84x7UR
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) September 4, 2013
D. THE CAMPAIGNER
The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2018
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/24/donald-trump-says-he-could-shoot-somebody-and-still-not-lose-voters
V. NAVIGATING AND TAKING CONTROL
A. THE STATE OUTLETS
B. THE “MAINSTREAM” MEDIA
C. THE “ALTERNATIVE” MEDIA
D. THE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS
E. THE NGOs
F. THE ACTIVISTS
VI. BUT HOW TO NAVIGATE?
A. “TRIANGULATE”
B. TRUST-BUILDING
C. NETWORKS
VII. CONCLUSION — A REMINDER: PUT YOURSELF AT THE CENTER
