Semester On Baseball Diplomacy And Social Media

Although the United States and Japan have had two distinct histories, baseball has become a mediator in the political relationship of the two countries. Hiroshi Hiroka and Horace Wilson introduced baseball to Japan in the 1870’s, and since then the sport has prospered and become more significant to the people. In terms of the research our class has conducted, I was a member of the outreach team this semester that has set the goal to promote the project and upcoming events set forward by our class. Throughout this paper, I will discuss the general knowledge I have gained throughout the semester on baseball diplomacy and social media, reflect on the progress, and propose future goals within my team for the project. In the beginning of the semester,

Twitter can be used to post real time updates to keep people engaged, while on Facebook we can create and post events and make more general posts about what is going on. I have a background in content creation from managing social media in highschool, and hope to create Instagram stories so that we can start to make specific highlights that will be accessible on our page. I have also learned lessons that extend beyond social media, when talking to the team I had realized that engagement is so important when it comes to audiences as we want the project to spread as much as possible. Because of this, very frequent and interesting posts should be made on all of our platforms. I also have seen how research develops, and all of the different teams are necessary in creating the big picture. Social media is international, so we will hopefully gain audiences from all over the world as the pages grow. This project has also helped me to understand the potential social media has to be a foundation for outreach in research initiates. Outreach is meant to create connections across the borders, and our digital platforms give us the space to shape the narrative of baseball diplomacy between the US and