R S Zaharna
Biographic Data
| ID | 6184135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R S Zaharna |
| GIVEN NAMES | R S |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaharna |
| SIGNATURE | ZAHARNA R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3068-4023 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
Western Assumptions in Non-Western Public Diplomacies
Recently, there has been a drive to rebalance public diplomacy scholarship from its predominantly Western origins. However, even as we diversify to non-Western studies, buried assumptions laid in public diplomacy’s foundation may still continue to restrict our view of public diplomacy as a global practice. This Forum essay critically examines two of those assumptions. First, ‘individualism’ — as an ideal of separate, bounded entities — fosters a …
Culture, Cultural Diversity and Humanity-centred Diplomacies
In contemporary public diplomacy, the idea of culture and nation-state are so intertwined that notions such as ‘national culture’ that fuel populism or culture as a soft-power resource often go unquestioned. This article critically revisits assumptions of state-centric diplomacy that tie culture to the state. Culture as a domain of the state, which helped carve up the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has become limiting in a twent…
Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism
While the basic concept of “relationship” is pivotal to research and theory across a spectrum of communication studies, cultural assumptions about this basic concept may vary significantly, and yet escape scholars' awareness. This study exposes assumptions buried in foundational U.S.-based Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) scholarship to illustrate how differing assumptions about “relationships” correspond to understandings of communication …
Relational, Networked and Collaborative Approaches to Public Diplomacy
Introduction: The Connective Mindshift R.S. Zaharna, Ali Fisher, Amelia Arsenault Part I: Visions of Connectivity 1: Social Power in Public Diplomacy Peter van Ham 2: Linking Ethics and Effectiveness: Public Diplomacy as a Relational Enterprise Kathy R. Fitzpatrick 3: The Politics of Relational Public Diplomacy Robin Brown 4: Taking Diplomacy Public: Science, Technology and Foreign Ministries in a Heteropolar World Daryl Copeland 5: Diaspora Dipl…
Battles to Bridges
This book tackles the pressing need to expand the vision of strategic US public diplomacy. It explores the interplay of power politics, culture, identity, and communication and explains how the underl
Self-shock
Relational, Networked and Collaborative Approaches to Public Diplomacy
Introduction: The Connective Mindshift R.S. Zaharna, Ali Fisher, Amelia Arsenault Part I: Visions of Connectivity 1: Social Power in Public Diplomacy Peter van Ham 2: Linking Ethics and Effectiveness: Public Diplomacy as a Relational Enterprise Kathy R. Fitzpatrick 3: The Politics of Relational Public Diplomacy Robin Brown 4: Taking Diplomacy Public: Science, Technology and Foreign Ministries in a Heteropolar World Daryl Copeland 5: Diaspora Dipl…
Self-shock
Culture, Cultural Diversity and Humanity-centred Diplomacies
In contemporary public diplomacy, the idea of culture and nation-state are so intertwined that notions such as ‘national culture’ that fuel populism or culture as a soft-power resource often go unquestioned. This article critically revisits assumptions of state-centric diplomacy that tie culture to the state. Culture as a domain of the state, which helped carve up the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has become limiting in a twent…
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
Western Assumptions in Non-Western Public Diplomacies
Recently, there has been a drive to rebalance public diplomacy scholarship from its predominantly Western origins. However, even as we diversify to non-Western studies, buried assumptions laid in public diplomacy’s foundation may still continue to restrict our view of public diplomacy as a global practice. This Forum essay critically examines two of those assumptions. First, ‘individualism’ — as an ideal of separate, bounded entities — fosters a …
Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism
While the basic concept of “relationship” is pivotal to research and theory across a spectrum of communication studies, cultural assumptions about this basic concept may vary significantly, and yet escape scholars' awareness. This study exposes assumptions buried in foundational U.S.-based Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) scholarship to illustrate how differing assumptions about “relationships” correspond to understandings of communication …
Self-shock
Battles to Bridges
This book tackles the pressing need to expand the vision of strategic US public diplomacy. It explores the interplay of power politics, culture, identity, and communication and explains how the underl
Relational, Networked and Collaborative Approaches to Public Diplomacy
Introduction: The Connective Mindshift R.S. Zaharna, Ali Fisher, Amelia Arsenault Part I: Visions of Connectivity 1: Social Power in Public Diplomacy Peter van Ham 2: Linking Ethics and Effectiveness: Public Diplomacy as a Relational Enterprise Kathy R. Fitzpatrick 3: The Politics of Relational Public Diplomacy Robin Brown 4: Taking Diplomacy Public: Science, Technology and Foreign Ministries in a Heteropolar World Daryl Copeland 5: Diaspora Dipl…
Beyond the Individualism-Collectivism Divide to Relationalism
While the basic concept of “relationship” is pivotal to research and theory across a spectrum of communication studies, cultural assumptions about this basic concept may vary significantly, and yet escape scholars' awareness. This study exposes assumptions buried in foundational U.S.-based Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) scholarship to illustrate how differing assumptions about “relationships” correspond to understandings of communication …
Western Assumptions in Non-Western Public Diplomacies
Recently, there has been a drive to rebalance public diplomacy scholarship from its predominantly Western origins. However, even as we diversify to non-Western studies, buried assumptions laid in public diplomacy’s foundation may still continue to restrict our view of public diplomacy as a global practice. This Forum essay critically examines two of those assumptions. First, ‘individualism’ — as an ideal of separate, bounded entities — fosters a …
Culture, Cultural Diversity and Humanity-centred Diplomacies
In contemporary public diplomacy, the idea of culture and nation-state are so intertwined that notions such as ‘national culture’ that fuel populism or culture as a soft-power resource often go unquestioned. This article critically revisits assumptions of state-centric diplomacy that tie culture to the state. Culture as a domain of the state, which helped carve up the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, has become limiting in a twent…
Revisiting public diplomacy in a postpandemic world
Professor R. S. Zaharna is a leading scholar in international communication and public diplomacy. She has witnessed the rapid development of public diplomacy since 2001 and has been committed to researching different communication logics in public diplomacy. In recent years, she has begun to explore the boundaries of public diplomacy theory, aiming to expand the conceptual scope of public diplomacy, advocating a relational shift in conventional p…
Political science (6 works) · Diplomacy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Public Diplomacy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · International relations (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)