Egypt, Status of Media in

Amin, Hussein Ahmad

doi:10.1016/b0-12-387670-2/00075-3

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“…Egypt is supposedly a democracy where the executive and legislative bodies are democratically elected. But through rigged elections, media control and threatening the opposition, the National Democratic Party has been in power since the coup d'etat in 1952 (Amin, 2003;Kalathil and Boas, 2003;Quick, 2003;US Department of State, 2006).…”

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Internet political discussions in the Arab world: A look at online forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan

Nashmi

Cleary

Molleda

et al. 2010

International Communication Gazette

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This content analysis examines postings on four Internet political discussion forums based in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt. The study of Arabic-language sites concludes that the discussions cover a variety of topics and offer vibrant and complex conversations on political issues in the Arab world. Unlike in the US and European countries, the study found that social issues were not a big part of political debate in the Arab world. The study also found that discussions had varied political agendas influenced by many variables including geography, culture, history, demographics, major news events and political and economic structures. It indicated that the often one-dimensional portrayal of the Arab world in the western media is simplistic and frequently inaccurate.

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confidence: 99%