Between Diplomacy and Propaganda: Global Engagement in the Digital Age (with Nicholas Cull)

Joining us via Zoom is the authority on public diplomacy from University of Southern California, Nicholas Cull. Having written the primary resource on the subject as used by the US State Department, Dr. Cull defines public diplomacy for us and expounds on how it has changed and will continue to change in this digital age. (Note: this is one of Tom's favorite interviews.) ABOUT THE GUEST Nicholas J. Cull is Professor of Public Diplomacy and is the founding director of the Master of Public Diplomacy program at USC. He took both his BA and PhD at the University of Leeds. While a graduate student, he studied at Princeton as a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York. From 1992 to 1997 he was lecturer in American History at the University of Birmingham in the UK. From September 1997 to August 2005 he was Professor of American Studies and Director of the Centre for American Studies in the Department of History at Leicester. Check out his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Public-Diplomacy-Foundations-Contemporary-Communication-ebook/dp/B07QMVJD75/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=public+diplomacy&qid=1586826285&sr=8-1 Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement In The Digital Age NOTE: This episode was recorded via Zoom on April 8th, 2020. CREDITS Co-Host/Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist) Co-Host/Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrrmatthew) Supervising Producer: Kathryn Yegorov-Crate Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig Associate Producer: Lera Toropin Associate Producer: Samantha Farmer Associate Producer: Milena D-K Development Assistant: Luis Camarena Production Intern: Jasmine Geraci Additional Audio Editing: Jada Geraci Executive Editor/Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this episode do not necessarily reflect those of the show or the University of Texas at Austin.Special Guest: Nicholas Cull.