Current Issues in Mass Communication

We are living during a very exciting time, in a world which is changing rapidly, especially the media landscape. The author of this book introduce five analytical and field studies that cover diverse media and mass communication issues in Egypt. The first study is about Political satire content on social networks and its impact on civic engagement of the Egyptian University Students. The second study is about Palestine Issue in the Arabic Blogs using content analysis. the third study is an attempt to shed light on the female journalists in Egypt and is based on a descriptive analysis of data collected via questionnaires. the Fourth study is about Egyptian Online Journalism Coverage of Corruption. The Fifth study is about Islam and the West which focus on the cultivation effects of exposure to Amr Khaled TV shows on the Perceptions of university students. The book represent new addition for understanding the middle eastern media landscape.

Autorentext

Energetic Journalism and Mass Communication scholar with PhD in Sociology and Communication with over 15 years of combined experience in teaching, practicing, researching and training in those fields. He is Fellow of Ford Foundation,Visiting journalist for Reuters institute Oxford, UK , Visiting academic to NYU and University of Maryland , US.