Twiplomacy in the age of Donald Trump: Is the diplomatic code changing?

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Simunjak, M. and Caliandro, A. 2019. Twiplomacy in the age of Donald Trump: Is the diplomatic code changing? The Information Society: An International Journal. 35 (1), pp. 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2018.1542646
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TitleTwiplomacy in the age of Donald Trump: Is the diplomatic code changing?
AuthorsSimunjak, M. and Caliandro, A.
Abstract

This study employs digital methods in conjunction with traditional content and discourse analyses to explore how the US President Donald Trump conducts diplomacy on Twitter and how, if at all, diplomatic entities around the world engage in diplomatic exchanges with him. The results confirm speculations that Trump’s diplomatic communication on Twitter disrupts traditional codes of diplomatic language but show little evidence that new codes of diplomatic interactions on social media are being constructed, given that other diplomatic entities around the world mostly remain within the confines of traditional notions of diplomacy in (not) communicating with Trump on Twitter.

KeywordsPolitical Science and International Relations; Cultural Studies; Management Information Systems; Information Systems
PublisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
JournalThe Information Society: An International Journal
ISSN0197-2243
Electronic1087-6537
Publication dates
Online10 Jan 2019
Print01 Jan 2019
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Deposited21 Jan 2019
Accepted09 Aug 2018
Output statusPublished
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Information Society: An International Journal on 10/01/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01972243.2018.1542646

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2018.1542646
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