We have a paper on Public Diplomacy 2.0 that has some relevance to this discussion - it is based on a case study around President Obama's Cairo speech. See: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1734850 Also, we have a brief discussion of the role of social networking in the aftermath of the Iranian elections in a report for UNESCO at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1654464 Obviously, this report does not cover Egypt's recent actions, but surely it is critical that we develop a clear understanding of who did what and when. William Dutton, Director Professor of Internet Studies Oxford Internet Institute 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS UK e-mail: william.dutton at oii.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=1 Phone: +44 (0)1865 287 212 Cell: +44 (0)7768 823906