Ilan Manor is a digital diplomacy scholar at the University of Oxford. His research interests include digital diplomacy, semiotic analysis and framing theory. His 2019 book, The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, was published by Palgrave Macmillan.  His 2020 book (co-edited with Pawel Surowiec) will focus on public diplomacy and the politics of uncertainty.

Guy J. Golan is an associate professor in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication of Texas Christian University. His research focuses on public diplomacy, political communication and the impact of social networks on public opinion. Golan has published more than 50 peer reviewed journal article. His research has been cited in the New York Times, USA Today, Bloomberg News, The Huffington Post, and in Slate Magazine. (Twitter @Guygolan)