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Book SynopsisThe Egyptian press has a large readership and potential influence on public opinion in Egypt and the Arab world. The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events analyzes this understudied area. Written in Egypt, the book is formed of five chapters and analyzes in qualitative and quantitative methods close to 300 newspaper and magazine articles. It studies the Egyptian press and investigates the challenges it faces to be compatible with that in the west, and evaluates the renowned book Four Theories of the press and whether today''s Egyptian press can fit in one of those theories. It also looks at the concepts of framing and discourse analysis adopted later. The author examines how the Egyptian press framed the Sudanese refugees'' riot in Cairo in December 2005 by the top thirteen Egyptian national, independent, and party newspapers. It found that independent and party newspapers enjoy more freedom than national ones in criticizing government and the way police tackled
Trade ReviewDespite heavy news coverage of Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian areas, Egypt is the cultural, intellectual and media capital of the Arab world. The Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events is an extremely important analysis that should be read by students, professors, journalists and especially America's foreign policy establishment. Mohamed El-Bendary has gone beyond headlines and stereotypes to give us a thoughtful, detailed, nuanced, balanced and ultimately fascinating look at how the Egyptian press frames the world. -- David D. Perlmutter, The University of Iowa
Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Egyptian Press Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 3. Protesters in Pharaohs' Land: Egyptian Newspaper Coverage of the Sudanese Refugees' Riot Chapter 4. Who is Responsible? Characterization of the Red Sea Ferry Disaster in Egyptian Magazines Chapter 5. Images of the 2006 Lebanese War in Al-Ahram, Al-Hayat, and Asharq Al-Awsat Chapter 6. Rising Tension in U.S.-Egyptian Relations Chapter 7. Obama's Speech to the Muslim World: An Open Hand of Friendship
