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Contents 1 Germany's Public Diplomacy Efforts 2 Vital Information 3 Government Agencies 4 International Broadcasting 5 Blogs 6 Resources

[edit] Germany's Public Diplomacy Efforts

Main actors include

• Federal Foreign Office

• Goethe Institute

• Deutsche Welle

• German Academic Exchange Service

• Federal Agency for Technical Relief

• Qantara.de, web forum for the Islamic world

[edit] Vital Information

• Capital - Berlin
• Population - 82,369,548 (July 2008 est.)
• Government – Federal Republic

• President Horst Köhler
• Chancellor Angela Merkel

[edit] Government Agencies

• Federal Foreign Office
• Goethe Institut

[edit] International Broadcasting

• Deutsche Welle, radio, television and online services in 30 languages

[edit] Blogs

• Qantara.de's weblog (in German only)

[edit] Resources

• Scholz, Antje (2000): Verständigung als Ziel interkultureller Kommunikation: Eine kommunikationswissenschaftliche Analyse am Beispiel des Goethe-Instituts. Münster, Hamburg: Lit.

• Zöllner, Oliver (2006): 'A quest for dialogue in international broadcasting: Germany's public diplomacy targeting Arab audiences'. Global Media and Communication, 2(2): 160-182.