Analytical framework for evaluating digital diplomacy using network analysis and topic modeling: Comparing South Korea and Japan
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Highlights：
• This study introduces a data-driven approach for assessing the practices and effectiveness of digital diplomacy.
• The Korean public diplomacy (PD) organization has a larger, loosely connected, and decentralized comment network than the Japanese organization.
• The Japanese PD organization show a “small world” connectivity pattern.
• The Korean PD organization successfully adopts new public diplomacy.
• The Japanese PD organization uses social media as a mere information dispersion tool.
摘要
•This study introduces a data-driven approach for assessing the practices and effectiveness of digital diplomacy.•The Korean public diplomacy (PD) organization has a larger, loosely connected, and decentralized comment network than the Japanese organization.•The Japanese PD organization show a “small world” connectivity pattern.•The Korean PD organization successfully adopts new public diplomacy.•The Japanese PD organization uses social media as a mere information dispersion tool.
论文关键词：Digital diplomacy,Soft power,Social media,South Korea,Japan
论文评审过程：Received 30 June 2018, Revised 8 October 2018, Accepted 31 October 2018, Available online 31 December 2018, Version of Record 14 May 2019.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2018.10.021
