{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204824307","doi":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","title":"Media diplomacy and global politics: the changing role of news media in international relations","display_name":"Media diplomacy and global politics: the changing role of news media in international relations","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-06-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204824307","doi":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","doi":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","pdf_url":"https://revistaaposta.com/index.php/ra/article/download/1868/1655","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736681486","display_name":"Aposta","issn_l":"1696-7348","issn":["1696-7348"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","latindex","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321676","host_organization_name":"Aposta","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321676"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Aposta"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Aposta: Revista de Ciencias Sociales","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://revistaaposta.com/index.php/ra/article/download/1868/1655","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5144329983","display_name":"Abdul Rahim","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801751722","display_name":"Alhamd Islamic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04dynqd30","country_code":"PK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abdul Rahim","raw_affiliation_strings":["Associate Professor Alhamd Islamic University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Associate Professor Alhamd Islamic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134030297","display_name":"Muhammad Irfan Magray (Corresponding Author)","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801751722","display_name":"Alhamd Islamic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04dynqd30","country_code":"PK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Muhammad Irfan Magray","raw_affiliation_strings":["Alhamd Islamic University -Quetta Campus"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Alhamd Islamic University -Quetta Campus","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134253417","display_name":"Muhammad Nawaz","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801751722","display_name":"Alhamd Islamic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04dynqd30","country_code":"PK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Muhammad Nawaz","raw_affiliation_strings":["English Lecturer & HOD Faculty of Social Sciences , Alhamd Islamic University -Quetta Campus"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"English Lecturer & HOD Faculty of Social Sciences , Alhamd Islamic University -Quetta Campus","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148048163","display_name":"Nadia Shaheen","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801751722","display_name":"Alhamd Islamic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04dynqd30","country_code":"PK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nadia Shaheen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Assistant Professor Alhamd Islamic University -Islamabad Campus"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Assistant Professor Alhamd Islamic University -Islamabad Campus","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801751722"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.4084,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97380701,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"114","first_page":"e1868","last_page":"e1868"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10053","display_name":"International Relations and Foreign Policy","score":0.8564000129699707,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10053","display_name":"International Relations and Foreign Policy","score":0.8564000129699707,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10133","display_name":"News Media Framing and Political Communication","score":0.1340000033378601,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14032","display_name":"History and International Relations","score":0.002400000113993883,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/media-diplomacy","display_name":"media diplomacy","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/news-media","display_name":"news media","score":0.8889999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/international-relations","display_name":"international relations","score":0.9739999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soft-power","display_name":"soft power","score":0.6610000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-diplomacy","display_name":"digital diplomacy","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/strategic-communication","display_name":"strategic communication","score":0.7080000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/agenda-setting","display_name":"agenda setting","score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/media-framing","display_name":"media framing","score":0.7760000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-opinion","display_name":"public opinion","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crisis-escalation","display_name":"crisis escalation","score":0.7590000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/misinformation","display_name":"misinformation","score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/propaganda","display_name":"propaganda","score":0.9079999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/securitization","display_name":"securitization","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-platforms","display_name":"digital platforms","score":0.5870000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state-media-relations","display_name":"state-media relations","score":0.6549999713897705}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557252395","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1889","display_name":"Diplomacy","level":3,"score":0.7447999715805054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34355311","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166542","display_name":"International relations","level":3,"score":0.6294000148773193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779714988","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758100","display_name":"Public diplomacy","level":4,"score":0.6248000264167786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178601582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143951","display_name":"Soft power","level":3,"score":0.6123999953269958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.6110000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17632256","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076968","display_name":"Digital media","level":2,"score":0.5648000240325928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529147693","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193236","display_name":"News media","level":2,"score":0.5475999712944031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67037518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1916340","display_name":"Media relations","level":2,"score":0.5202000141143799},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779536466","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6054533","display_name":"International communication","level":2,"score":0.5116000175476074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199776023","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202875","display_name":"Negotiation","level":2,"score":0.492000013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.4830000102519989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144486260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1457237","display_name":"Media event","level":2,"score":0.4668000042438507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29595303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165650","display_name":"Media studies","level":1,"score":0.4629000127315521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.42089998722076416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90508534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1660049","display_name":"Political communication","level":3,"score":0.3677999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182306322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779371","display_name":"Order (exchange)","level":2,"score":0.36309999227523804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3555000126361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119513131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11030","display_name":"Journalism","level":2,"score":0.3416999876499176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99574664","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683794","display_name":"New media","level":2,"score":0.34060001373291016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.33869999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93377909","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181648","display_name":"Foreign policy","level":3,"score":0.3208000063896179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558299567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11033","display_name":"Mass media","level":2,"score":0.31450000405311584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167752473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191964","display_name":"News values","level":3,"score":0.303600013256073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74196892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781188","display_name":"Thematic analysis","level":3,"score":0.28540000319480896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202510885","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14623843","display_name":"Communication studies","level":2,"score":0.27410000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55447825","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4394526","display_name":"International law","level":2,"score":0.2718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.271699994802475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779872411","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1774161","display_name":"International community","level":3,"score":0.2689000070095062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C536601067","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192855","display_name":"Alternative media","level":2,"score":0.263700008392334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780619108","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852175","display_name":"Securitization","level":2,"score":0.25540000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2540999948978424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162446236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653137","display_name":"Content analysis","level":2,"score":0.25360000133514404}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","doi":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","pdf_url":"https://revistaaposta.com/index.php/ra/article/download/1868/1655","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736681486","display_name":"Aposta","issn_l":"1696-7348","issn":["1696-7348"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","latindex","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321676","host_organization_name":"Aposta","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321676"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Aposta"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Aposta: Revista de Ciencias Sociales","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","doi":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.23900/ra.v24i114.1868","pdf_url":"https://revistaaposta.com/index.php/ra/article/download/1868/1655","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736681486","display_name":"Aposta","issn_l":"1696-7348","issn":["1696-7348"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","erih-plus","latindex","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-3"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321676","host_organization_name":"Aposta","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321676"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Aposta"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Aposta: Revista de Ciencias Sociales","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6601999998092651,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204824307.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204824307.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":1,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4414403879"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7152105633","https://openalex.org/W2294866213","https://openalex.org/W7167277728","https://openalex.org/W7220080206","https://openalex.org/W2736223340","https://openalex.org/W4245864237","https://openalex.org/W7215224526","https://openalex.org/W7120896150","https://openalex.org/W1991871272","https://openalex.org/W2093947098"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,144,171,216],"various":[1],"developments":[2],"in":[3,27,73,98,204,247],"global":[4,245],"communication":[5,125,186],"technologies":[6],"have":[7,187,250],"provided":[8],"a":[9,25,120,147,189,251],"new":[10],"dynamics":[11],"of":[12,48,95,104,141,154,177,191,199,207,213,254],"media,":[13,234],"diplomacy":[14,22,106,183],"and":[15,33,39,46,64,70,83,139,151,157,169,184,211,232,236],"international":[16,56,75,99,134,159,193,214],"politics.":[17],"In":[18,54],"the":[19,40,52,93,102,113,133,164,175,196,200,205,228,233,244],"traditional":[20],"sense,":[21],"was":[23],"mainly":[24],"process":[26],"which":[28,107],"formal":[29],"negotiations":[30],"between":[31,166,230],"states":[32,231],"their":[34],"diplomatic":[35,81,124],"representatives":[36],"took":[37],"place":[38],"news":[41,59,96,114],"media":[42,66,97,105,115,160,167,178,201],"were":[43],"an":[44,127],"observer":[45],"disseminator":[47],"this":[49],"information":[50],"on":[51,243],"outside.":[53],"today's":[55],"environment,":[57],"however,":[58],"organizations,":[60],"digital":[61,182,237],"platforms,":[62],"journalists":[63],"transnational":[65],"networks":[67],"are":[68],"more":[69,71,225],"involved":[72],"creating":[74],"narratives":[76],"that":[77,112,130,174,219],"impact":[78],"public":[79,135],"opinion,":[80,136],"agendas":[82],"foreign-policy":[84],"outcomes.":[85],"This":[86],"study":[87,145,217],"is":[88,108,221],"aimed":[89],"at":[90,92],"looking":[91],"role":[94],"relations":[100],"with":[101],"concept":[103],"changing.":[109],"It":[110],"suggests":[111],"has":[116],"gone":[117],"from":[118],"being":[119],"passive":[121],"medium":[122],"for":[123],"to":[126,162,223,227,249],"active":[128],"player":[129],"can":[131],"shape":[132],"crisis":[137],"escalation":[138],"projection":[140],"soft":[142],"power.":[143],"uses":[146],"qualitative":[148],"research":[149],"method":[150],"thematic":[152],"analysis":[153],"relevant":[155],"academic":[156],"some":[158],"articles":[161],"explore":[163],"relationship":[165,229],"discourses":[168],"diplomacy.":[170,256],"results":[172],"indicate":[173],"use":[176],"visibility,":[179],"frames,":[180],"agenda-setting,":[181],"strategic":[185],"become":[188],"part":[190],"modern":[192],"relations.":[194],"Meanwhile,":[195],"increasing":[197],"power":[198],"poses":[202],"problems":[203],"areas":[206],"misinformation,":[208],"polarisation,":[209],"propaganda":[210],"securitization":[212],"events.":[215],"concludes":[218],"it":[220],"necessary":[222],"pay":[224],"attention":[226],"institutions":[235],"platforms":[238],"as":[239,241],"well":[240],"audiences":[242],"stage":[246],"order":[248],"better":[252],"understanding":[253],"contemporary":[255]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2026-09-01T00:00:00"}