Download or read book Diasporas and Diplomacy written by Marie Gillespie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume links contemporary debates on cosmopolitanism to historical and comparative case studies on international broadcasting. Through the prism of the BBC World Service, it illuminates how diasporic broadcasters at the BBC translate and produce news in dozens of languages and, as skilled cultural intermediaries, are integral to British diplomacy.