International Broadcasting and Its Contested Role in Australian Statecraft: Middle Power, Smart Power (Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 3: Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy

Heriot, Geoff

 
9781839985041: International Broadcasting and Its Contested Role in Australian Statecraft: Middle Power, Smart Power (Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1839985046 ISBN 13: 9781839985041
Publisher: Anthem Press, 2023

Synopsis

This book offers an insightful reappraisal of international broadcasting as discursive rather than ‘soft’ power in service of democratic statecraft. This at a time when issues of transnational media, the credibility of news and the perils of disinformation and information warfare, figure worryingly in public discourse. Reflecting the perspective of middle power Australia, author Geoff Heriot locates the strategic utility of multiplatform international broadcasting with reference to contemporary theories of soft/hard/smart power projection and intercultural communication. He applies a fresh model of strategic analysis to the political history of Radio Australia, examining the various external and internal variables that resulted in its flawed success in political communication during the late Cold War period.

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About the Author

Geoff Heriot is a former Australian broadcasting executive and strategist, a foreign correspondent and journalist, with extensive Indo-Pacific regional experience.

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Publisher
Anthem Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1839985046
ISBN 13 
9781839985041
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
292