Strategic Communication

Propaganda, Public Diplomacy and the Smith-Mundt Act

John Brown | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Psyops, Rep. Thornberry, Office of War Information, Nazi Germany, Pentagon, Smith-Mundt Act, Committee on Public Information, Propaganda, Miso, United States Information Agency (USIA), China, Soviet Union, George v. Allen, Social Media, Enemy, Strategic Communication, Individual Freedom, Public Diplomacy, Usg, Anti-Propaganda Tradition, World News
John Brown

Propaganda is an instrument of war used by a government, primarily but not exclusively, against a present or possibly future enemy, and a democratic government should not propagandize its own people.

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General McChrystal and Public Diplomacy

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Bad Guys, Afghanistan, Strategic Communication, Graveyard of Empires, Combat Boots, Wine, Public Diplomacy, Mcchrystal, Foreign Service, World News
John Brown

General McChrystal is now history, unless he goes on a campaign to get overweight American kids to eat, as he apparently does, only one meal a day, wh...

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At The Apex Of Politics And Entertainment

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Advocate, Al Gore, Brad Pitt, Maria Shriver's Women's Conference, The Obamas, Yes on Prop 8, Make It Right, Rob Reiner, Tina Fey, Top 20 People of 2008, Chad Griffin, Dee Dee Meyers, Griffinschake, Prop. 8, Bill Clinton White House, No on Prop 8, Obama Administration, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay Teen Suicide, Strategic Communication, Teen Suicide, Discrimination, Politics News
Paige Donner

Chad Griffin, partner at Griffin:Schake, was just named one of the Top 20 People of The Year by the Advocate. Chad Griffin, the Advocate's Top 20 ...

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An Insight into IOC Thinking: Its 2007 Beijing Briefing on Major Communications Issues

Monroe Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torch Relay, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Olympics, Strategic Communication, Tibet, Religious Freedom, Air Quality, Branding, Sudan, Pollution, Media News
Monroe Price

One of the most interesting documents to appear during July's IOC/blogosphere brouhaha was an internal IOC document dated August 3, 2007 called Beijing Briefing Kit: One-Year-to-Go Countdown Resource.

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