Presidential Attention Focusing in the Global Arena
The Impact of International Travel on Foreign Publics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7511691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey E Cohen (0000-0002-3002-018X, Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-47 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Presidential Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-4918 • E-ISSN: 1741-5705 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psq.12250 |
| OpenAlex | W2550005092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 36 |
Presidents increasingly engage in public diplomacy, especially traveling to other nations. Often presidents target the public in the visited nation, with the aim of improving the opinion climate there and then using that improved opinion climate to further U.S. policy goals in the visited nation. To a degree, then, foreign travel resembles presidential domestic going public. This article tests one important linkage in the process from a presidential trip to foreign public opinion, whether trips can focus public opinion in the visited nation on the president. Analysis uses a pooled cross‐sectional time series analysis of weekly Google Trends data for forty‐two nations during Barack Obama's first term in office. Results suggest that presidential trips lead to impressive increases in searches on the president, an indication of increased attention to the president. The conclusion places the findings into two literatures, presidential going public and public diplomacy, and suggests directions for future research
Diplomacy · Foreign policy · Linkage (software · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public Diplomacy · Public opinion · Publics · TRIPS architecture · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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| Citations per year | 0.78 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |