Video Game is Latest US Diplomacy Tool

The U.S. State Department is using a new kind of public diplomacy to counter extremism. And it’s not what you’d expect.

Trace Effects is an online game geared toward children and young teens far from U.S. shores.  It takes the main character on a virtual adventure across the United States, from the Grand Canyon to New York City and beyond.  But what  is the State Department doing with a video game?

“We want to go where young people are, more and more young people … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict


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