Adam Clayton Powell III, Director of University of Southern California's Integrated Media System's Center, described how "virtual cultural exchanges can become a part of international diplomacy."
Powell's laboratory integrates publicly available satellite imagery with live Web cams to create highly accurate, three dimensional pictures of various locations throughout the world.
The audience applauded when Powell showed them a moving image of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue with digitally created buildings and live traffic.
Mark Helmke, senior staff member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pointed out the problems facing the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. agency responsible for all of the government's international broadcasting.
In Helmke's opinion, the government should not be in the business of owning television stations. "We just need to explain how our country works to the international community," he said.
PDI intern Jessica Smith, a GW senior, noted that interested students can still play a small role in improving public communications with the rest of the world.
She wrote in an e-mail after the event, "exploring other broadcasting outlets can help us to gain more perspective on the international issues our generation will have to contend with as this generation retires."
Powell's laboratory integrates publicly available satellite imagery with live Web cams to create highly accurate, three dimensional pictures of various locations throughout the world.
The audience applauded when Powell showed them a moving image of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue with digitally created buildings and live traffic.
Mark Helmke, senior staff member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pointed out the problems facing the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. agency responsible for all of the government's international broadcasting.
In Helmke's opinion, the government should not be in the business of owning television stations. "We just need to explain how our country works to the international community," he said.
PDI intern Jessica Smith, a GW senior, noted that interested students can still play a small role in improving public communications with the rest of the world.
She wrote in an e-mail after the event, "exploring other broadcasting outlets can help us to gain more perspective on the international issues our generation will have to contend with as this generation retires."
