Sex, Lies (Propaganda?) and Video Tapes -- Veena Malik and Public Diplomacy

Always, as I am, interested in propaganda and its relation -- if any -- to public diplomacy, I recently posted, on recent editions of the Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review (PDPBR), the below entries pertaining to Ms. Malik based on my perusal of media items on the internet falling under the Google category of "propaganda."

Since the posting of these entries on the PDPBR starting December 2, the number of visits to the website has (according to Google Analytics) increased more than fivefold (I am writing this on Sunday, December 4, at 3:00 pm, not excluding the possibility that Google Analytics accidentally replicated beserk stock market computers). Most of the "clicks" are coming from Pakistan and India -- but a larger number than usual from a number of other countries as well. No other items I have cited in the PDPBR -- during the several years I have compiled it -- have created such excitement.

Evidently the Ms. Malik "exposure" has touched a nerve in certain parts of the world, although it is not out of the question, may I again note, that responses to the blog were automatically generated (but if they were, I would have expected -- perhaps erroneously -- negative comments on this subject in the PDPBR, none of which have appeared to date). If readers of this "Notes and Essays" (NEA) can provide its compiler, as regards in the aforementioned countries (about which he regrettably knows little), in-depth explanations for this phenomenon in the below comments section, I (and doubtless some NEA readers as well) would be grateful.  Perhaps, at some point in the future, these comments would be useful to a scholar writing a "case study" about cultural factors influencing world public opinion.

December 4 PDPBR

Veena Malik full Story Indian and Malik's propaganda - epakistantimes.blogspot.com: Veena Malik who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across the nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter

since earlier this week. Malik has broken Pakistani religious and national taboos in the past. She is a target for conservative and a heroine to some Pakistani liberals. Maulana Abdul Qawi declared on Aaj TV on Saturday that her latest venture into controversy was a "shame for all Muslims." Farzana Naz, interviewed by the same channel on the streets of Lahore, said that the actress had "bowed all us women in shame." Image from. See also John Brown, "Public Diplomacy Goes 'Pubic,'" (2007) CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, which discusses an article, Ben Harrris, "Sexy photos from Israel spark debate" (2007), JTA, with the caption: The Israeli Consulate's invitation to a party for the July issue of Maxim has sparked outrage among feminists and female parliamentarians.

December 3 PDPBR

Veena Malik FHM Mag[a]zine Scandle, Veena Malik Nude Pictures, Videos for FHM Mag[a] zine - Veena Malik Nude Photo

Scandal And Anti Pakistani ISI Propaganda in Indian Media for FHM Magazine. Image from entry

December 2 PDPBR

Veena Malik Nude Photo Scandal And Anti Pakistani ISI Propaganda in Indian Media for FHM Magazine - najamsethiaapaskibaat.wordpress.com:

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