Digital Diplomacy as A Tool for Peaceful Secession: The Use of Twitter in Somaliland’s Campaign for International Recognition

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dc.contributor.authorRubidge, Laura
dc.contributor.supervisorBenjamin, Larry
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-23T08:28:37Z
dc.date.available2024-07-23T08:28:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Wits School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations by combination of coursework and research, in 2023.
dc.description.abstractThe last two decades have witnessed major disruptions to the traditional diplomatic practice as a result of technological breakthroughs. New advantages and challenges have emerged beyond the auspice of traditional diplomacy. Although there is a plethora of research emerging on digital diplomacy theory and practice, gaining momentum since the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains an under researched area of inquiry. This research report is interested in the use of Twitter by the Somaliland government, as a de facto state, as a foreign policy tool. This report employs Damien Spry and Kerrilee Lockyer’s (2022) triangulation methodology to conduct an applied evaluation of Somaliland’s use of Twitter in its foreign policy. As such, the report firstly examines Somaliland’s foreign policy strategy using document analysis, secondly, analyses overarching trends considering metadata and lastly, zooms in to the microdata to analyse small, outlier cases. The overall aim of this research report is to evaluate Somaliland’s use of Twitter in its foreign policy activities, extracting unique advantages of digital diplomacy over traditional diplomacy in addition to contributing to the emerging literature on digital diplomacy.
dc.description.sponsorshipKonrad Adenauer Foundation
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.citationRubidge, Laura. (2023). Digital Diplomacy as A Tool for Peaceful Secession: The Use of Twitter in Somaliland’s Campaign for International Recognition. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/39699
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/39699
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Social Sciences
dc.subjectDigital Diplomacy
dc.subjectSomaliland
dc.subjectForeign Policy
dc.subjectInternational Recognition
dc.subjectTwitter
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleDigital Diplomacy as A Tool for Peaceful Secession: The Use of Twitter in Somaliland’s Campaign for International Recognition
dc.typeDissertation
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