{"product_id":"the-egyptian-press-and-coverage-of-local-and-international-events","title":"Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Egyptian press has a large readership and potential influence on public opinion in Egypt and the Arab world. \u003ci\u003eThe Egyptian Press and Coverage of Local and International Events\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFour Theories of the press\u003c\/i\u003e 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 the protest. However, independent newspapers were more vigorous in their criticism than party ones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author observes that the weekly magazines tended to frame their coverage in a somewhat anti-government slant, accusing authorities and ferry owners of failure and corruption. Finally, the book compares coverage of the Israeli War in Lebanon in July 2006 by Egypt's giant semi-official daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram\u003c\/i\u003e with that by two prominent, non-Egyptian pan-Arab dailies \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsharq Al-Awsat\u003c\/i\u003e. He finds that while \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsharq Al-Awsat\u003c\/i\u003e, which are owned by Saudi businessmen, portrayed Hizbullah in an unfavorable manner, \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram\u003c\/i\u003e was somewhat favorable in its coverage of the Lebanese resistance group.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54186601906520,"sku":null,"price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780739124314.jpg?v=1769684442","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-egyptian-press-and-coverage-of-local-and-international-events","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}