Abstract
The study of public diplomacy often proceeds with an empirical approach, focusing on crafting policy instruments and measuring policy efficiency. But this approach tends to render descriptive and quantitative results. This paper contextualizes public diplomacy in theoretical terms, institutional structure, and policy priority, and points out three common misconceptions in comparison of U.S.-China public diplomacy. It means to draw attention to normative and qualitative approaches that should be applied to the fledging interdisciplinary study of public diplomacy.
ISSN
2325-8543
Recommended Citation
Pan, Liang
(2014)
"Misconceptions in Comparative Study of Public Diplomacy: A U.S.-China Case Study,"
Exchange: The Journal of Public Diplomacy: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/exchange/vol5/iss1/7