Social Media could best be utilised for the International relations, as the medium knows no boundaries. Quick, Instant, Beyond borders reach and Free braodcast makes social media one of the most useful tools in the hands of career diplomats. Who can then use it better than our own Prime Minister that too when the visit is by the US President who too leads in the social media usage!
The Obama visit to India started in November with a tweet from Narendra Modi twitter handle. There after few days back this was confirmed by the White House twitter handle. Both the times, the information made a big news.
Thereafter, the visit took place, with lots of tweets, facebook posts, live streaming and traditional media activities which were supported by One on One discussion broadcast through "Mann Ki baat sath sath" programme aired on AIR. This was the continuation of Obama-Modi joint editorial in USA. The Joint editorial in USA took the shape of Joint radio address in India, both widely covered on all media platforms.
The visit concluded with see off tweets followed by the recognition from MEA twitter handle about the successful conclusion of India-US twitter diplomacy.
The twitter diplomacy was recognised by the MEA twitter handle on the concluding day i.e 27th January, 2015.
The Obama visit to India started in November with a tweet from Narendra Modi twitter handle. There after few days back this was confirmed by the White House twitter handle. Both the times, the information made a big news.
Thereafter, the visit took place, with lots of tweets, facebook posts, live streaming and traditional media activities which were supported by One on One discussion broadcast through "Mann Ki baat sath sath" programme aired on AIR. This was the continuation of Obama-Modi joint editorial in USA. The Joint editorial in USA took the shape of Joint radio address in India, both widely covered on all media platforms.
The visit concluded with see off tweets followed by the recognition from MEA twitter handle about the successful conclusion of India-US twitter diplomacy.
The twitter diplomacy was recognised by the MEA twitter handle on the concluding day i.e 27th January, 2015.
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