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CONNECTED: INFORMATION AND STATE POWER BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA
by
Amelia Hardee Arsenault
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMMUNICATION)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Amelia Hardee Arsenault
Object Description
| Title | Connected: information and state power between the United States and South Africa |
| Author | Arsenault, Amelia Hardee |
| Author email | aarsenault@asc.upenn.edu; amelia.arsenault@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Communication |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-09-09 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 30 Nov. 2011. |
| Date published | 2011-11-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Castells, Manuel |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Seib, Philip Wilson, Ernest J. III |
| Abstract | In the face of rapid technological change, the global diffusion of electronic communication networks, and the related rise of a 24-hour global communication sphere, states around the world at all levels of development and power have expanded their attempts to control and shape information flows both at home and abroad. States seek both to protect their information spaces from unwanted intrusions and to influence the information spaces of other states in order to achieve broader goals. The United States, as the world’s “information superpower,” has been a leader in the adoption of informational strategy as a tool of international relations, providing expertise, training, and direct messaging campaigns to countries around the world. While the US government is commonly discussed as a unitary actor with one agenda, the majority of existing studies of information and state power focus on one particular program or area, such as public diplomacy, media and journalism training, or telecommunications policy assistance. As of yet, very little is known about the coordination and commonality between these different efforts.; In order to contribute to the larger theoretical debate about informational strategy as a tool of international relations, this dissertation offers an extensive case study of the array of strategies used by US government actors striving to influence the South African communications environment during the William Jefferson Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Drawing upon interviews with US government actors and key South African stakeholders and analyses of primary documents and spending patterns, it tests a theoretical model designed to explain the processes through which informational strategies are conceived and operationalized. This case study underscores the lack of coordination among different US government department involved in information programs and the decisive role of South African domestic actors and socio-political trends in determining the success or failure of any American informational strategy. |
| Keyword | communication; power; public diplomacy; media assistance; South Africa; United States |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; South Africa |
| Coverage date | 1993/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2773 |
| Rights | Arsenault, Amelia Hardee |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Arsenault-3293 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Arsenault-3293.pdf |
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| Full text | CONNECTED: INFORMATION AND STATE POWER BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA by Amelia Hardee Arsenault A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Amelia Hardee Arsenault |
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