Director of the USC Center of Public Diplomacy, Philip Seib is a Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy and Professor of International Relations.

Seib's research interests include the effects of news coverage on foreign policy, particularly conflict and terrorism issues. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Headline Diplomacy: How News Coverage Affects Foreign Policy; The Global Journalist: News and Conscience in a World of Conflict; Broadcasts from the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War; Beyond the Front Lines: How the News Media Cover a World Shaped by War; New Media and the Middle East (2007); The Al Jazeera Effect (2008); and Toward a New Public Diplomacy: Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy (2009). Seib is also the editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication, co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy and co-editor of the journal Media, War and Conflict, published by Sage.

Prior to joining the USC faculty in 2007, Seib was a professor at Marquette University and before that at Southern Methodist University.

Sept. 8, 2009: Seib edits new book on redirecting U.S. foreign policy
July 6, 2009: Q-and-A with Philib Seib: "I want to advance public diplomacy to be a more prominent part of foreign policy for the U.S."
June 30, 2009: Seib on KCRW: Cutting off Iran's Internet access could be "disruptive to the rest of the country"
June 5, 2009: Seib named new director of USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Sept. 8, 2008: Seib's new book examines the "Al-Jazeera Effect" and global politics