Public diplomacy and its actors

... "Twiplomacy" and "twiplomats" Graphic: twiplomacy.com The 25 most connected World Leaders on Twitter The need to engage the public into an instant dissemination of information, as well as misinformation, has become particularly important. Public diplomacy has been enriched by communication in social networks. As a result, there was born a new term - "twiplomacy." Twitter and other social networks have been used by foreign affairs agencies. Presidents, prime ministers, ministers, foreign ministers and ambassadors join social networks and become "twiplomats." The U.K.’s Foreign ...