Background
Dizard, Wilson Paul was born on March 6, 1922 in New York City. Son of Wilson Paul and Helen Marie (Oliver) Dizard.
(Public diplomacy - the uncertain art of winning public su...)
Public diplomacy - the uncertain art of winning public support abroad for one's government and its foreign policies - constitutes a critical instrument of U.S. policy in the wake of the Bush administration's recent military interventions and its renunciation of widely accepted international accords. Wilson Dizard Jr. offers the first comprehensive account of public diplomacy's evolution within the U.S. foreign policy establishment, ranging from World War II to the present. Dizard focuses on the U.S. Information Agency and its precursor, the Office of War Information. Tracing the political ups and downs determining the agency's trajectory, he highlights its instrumental role in creating the policy and programs underpinning today's public diplomacy, as well as the people involved. The USIA was shut down in 1999, but it left an important legacy of what works and what doesn't in presenting U.S. policies and values to the rest of the world. Inventing Public Diplomacy is an unparalleled history of U.S. efforts at organized international propaganda.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158826288X/?tag=2022091-20
(Old Media/New Media, 3e , offers a well-balanced and ...)
Old Media/New Media, 3e , offers a well-balanced and effective framework for examining the advances made in media technology and assessing the dramatic impact of these changes on mass media and society. The text explores the convergence of old media (e.g., television, film, and publishing) and new media (e.g., the Internet, electronic books), and analyzes the technological, social, economic, and political forces involved in today's volatile media environment. Abundant examples in the text show how different forms of media are affected by today's changing technology and how this will affect tomorrow's journalists and media professionals.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080133277X/?tag=2022091-20
( Digital Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of ...)
Digital Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of the major milestones in United States international communications and information policy, from the early days of the Morse telegraph to the current Internet explosion. The book underlines the growing importance of the communications issues, particularly as they affect American leadership in a rapidly changing information environment. Dizard, a former foreign service officer, rejects the idea of a computer-based telediplomacy, arguing instead that the new technologies should be used primarily to strengthen the capabilities of American diplomats in dealing with information-age issues. A must read for those interested in the future of United States foreign policy, and a stimulating overview for scholars, researchers, and students involved in the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275972283/?tag=2022091-20
educator international affairs consultant
Dizard, Wilson Paul was born on March 6, 1922 in New York City. Son of Wilson Paul and Helen Marie (Oliver) Dizard.
Bachelor of Science, Fordham College, 1947; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1947-1949.
Writer, editor, Time Inc., New York City, 1947-1951;
with, Department State and United States Information Agency, 1951-1980;
vice consul, Istanbul, Turkey., 1951-1953;
chief, Greece-Turkey-Iran branch, 1953-1955;
information officer, American embassy, Athens, Greece, 1955-1960;
public affairs officer consulate-general, Dacca, 1960-1962;
special assistant deputy director, 1964-1965;
assistant deputy director, 1966-1967;
1st secretary, American Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1968-1970;
assistant director, Public Affairs Office, Saigon, Vietnam, 1970;
special adviser political section, United States Embassy, Saigon, 1971;
committee adviser to director, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1971-1973;
chief plans and program policy, United States Information Agency, 1973-1977;
vice-chairman United States delegate to 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference, Department State, Washington, 1978-1979;
vice president, Kalba-Bowen Associations, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1986;
Adjunct Professor international affairs, Georgetown University, 1975-1995;
senior fellow, Georgetown University, 1983-1989;
senior associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, since 1989;
consultant committee policy, unites states department State, 1984-1988. Member United States delegate and executive assistant to conference director International Telecom. Satellite Conference, Washington, 1968-1969.
Research associate Center International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963. Visiting lecturer political science department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
( Digital Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of ...)
(Old Media/New Media, 3e , offers a well-balanced and ...)
(This text has been revised and updated and includes the e...)
(Public diplomacy - the uncertain art of winning public su...)
Cons. Carnegie Foundation Commision on Endl. television. Member of advisory board Pacific Telecom. Council, 1990-1991. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Member American Political Science Association, International Institute Comm., Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Global Telecom. Society, Society Historians American Foreign Rels., Internet Society, American Foreign Svc. Association, Society Satellite, Professionals, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs.
Married Lynn Margaret Wood, March 11, 1944. Children: John William, Stephen Wood, Wilson Paul III, Mark Christopher.