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Factors Affecting Egyptian Journalism And Mass Communication Faculty Members Research Productivity, Dina Ahmed Hussien

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The Impact Of The Rise Of Political Islam On Tv Controversial Advertising, Yousra Nabil Allam

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Egyptian Women Bloggers: Perceptions Of Empowerment In The Online Public Sphere, Valentina Cattane

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Why Do People Click?! Uses And Gratifications Of Facebook-Zynga Games Among Egyptian Adults, Soha Eissa

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The Role Of The Press In Helping The Society In Transition In Ethiopia, Melisew Dejene Lemma

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Framing The Darfur Crisis In Videoblogs And Sudanese Newspapers, Ehab Hamdi Gomaa

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Adaptation In Egyptian Television: The Perception And Impact Of Egyptian Sitcoms On Egyptian Youth: A Case Study, Sara El Nagar

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This thesis studies adaption in Egyptian television. Specifically studying how Egyptian youth perceive the idea of Arabizing sitcoms, what their preferences are in comparison to American sitcoms, and how successful do they see the experience of Arabizing American sitcoms. It also studied the impact of the Egyptian (Arabized) sitcoms on the behavior and lifestyle of Egyptian youth.

A non-probability purposive sample of 403 Egyptian youth was tested. The sample consisted of both males and females almost evenly distributed between both sexes and between all age groups. The sample was tested using a questionnaire.

Results of this study showed that Egyptian …

Women, Personal Blogs, And The Cultural Public Sphere: Surveying Females' Blogsphere In Egypt, Lobna Abd Almaguid Shoukry

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Arabic Rhetoric Discourse: An Analysis Of Opinion Newspaper Articles, Fatma Gad

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This study is a descriptive quantitative study which examines text superstructure patterns of opinion articles written in Arabic by native Arabic-speakers. It addresses three questions: 1) What is/are the rhetorical superstructure pattern(s) of Arabic argumentative texts represented in newspaper political/social opinion articles? And what are the frequencies of these patterns? 2) Where, in these opinion articles, do Arab writers prefer to introduce their "general thesis"? And 3) What are the argument constructions and forms used by Arab writers within opinion articles? By utilizing an adapted Problem-Solution analysis pattern to answer the study’s questions, the text superstructure of 26 opinion newspaper …

Portrayal Of Characters With Mental Disabilities In Egyptian Films: A Content Analysis On Egyptian Feature Films Produced 1950s-2000s, Reem Amr Abdelhamid

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Uses And Gratifications Of Webloggers In Egypt, Mona Munir El-Hefnawi

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Since its entrance in Egypt, blogs have had a powerful effect on the political, social, and economic aspects in Egypt. To be able to measure those effects, it is important to know the intentions of those Egyptian bloggers. This study applies the uses and gratifications theoretical framework to this notion of blogging. As it is based on a survey which attempts to examine and explore the different uses and gratifications of blogging in Egypt. This involves why different people with different demographic characteristics actually decide to blog and what needs they seek to gratify. Independent variables studied were age, gender, …

Uses And Gratifications Of Sex Education Programs On Arab Satellite Channels Among Egyptian Youth, Mai Mohamed Mamdouh El-Nawawy

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Employing Humor Appeal In Egyptian Tv Commercials: A Content Analysis On Ramadan And Non Ramadan Advertising Campaigns, Rana Saad Hassan

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Impact Of Fatawa El-Jihad On Users Of Islamonline.Net, Hanaa Ahmed Marie

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Agenda Setting Of Arabic Related Content On German Tv: A Content Analysis On Deutsche Welle Tv Arabia, Nadine Abdel Latif Rashwan

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In today's media, international broadcasting is a tool to communicate with a world wide audience. Most of the networks, especially those that are linked with their country's government, try to use their international channels to deliver national policy or want to convey certain important factors of their home culture to nations all over the world e.g. language.

The question of broadcast content is a very controversial issue. That is why in this thesis the researcher has focused on the content of the German TV network Deutsche Welle TV Arabia in order to analyze what kind topics the channel focuses on …

Egyptians' Perception Of The Shias And The Role Of Media, Raya Shokatfard

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The research about Egyptians’ perception of the Shias and the role of media is very significant, especially at this time, due to the sensitivity of its broader impact on the Muslim world. Media, as one of the most important tools of communication, has always played a significant role in the mediation of religion through various channels. The researcher has not found pervious research about this topic and thus hopes to establish a foundation for further study of similar work. The study shows that media in Egypt may have played a great role in creating a negative image of the Shias …

Exposure To Arabic Music Video Clips And Egyptian Men's Perception Of Females & Marriage, Maram Mohammed Mohie Eldin Said

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Information And Communications Technology For Small And Medium Enterprises In Egypt, Moustafa Yosry Khalil

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Advertising Of In-Flight Magazines In The Middle East: A Content Analysis, Mona Badran

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The Revival Of The Arabization Of Electronic Content: From Texual To Contextual, Hebatullah Samir El Gamal

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Videoblogging As An Online News Phenomenon : An Exploratory Study, Tauheed Ramjaun

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This study explores the emergence of videoblogging as an online news phenomenon and investigates how this new technology is being adopted as a innovative mode of news diffusion. Rogers' diffusion of innovations theoretical framework is being used to analyze the characteristics of this innovation and that of its adopters with particular reference to online news diffusion. Findings indicate that the early adopters tend to be predominantly young male adults located in the higher income regions of the world. Video content posted is predominantly related to arts and entertainment with a substantial minority related to current affairs and politics. While the …

The Role Of Online Media In Revolutionizing Science Communication In The Arab World: A Uses And Gratifications Approach, Nadia Abbas El-Awady

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Ir Theory And The Press In Democracies: The Relevance Of Realism Based On An Analysis Of The Coverage Of The Iraq War 2003 In The Faz And Nyt, Stephanie Dornschneider

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Telecommunication Regulation Analysis Using Legal Realism Principals, Mohamed Amin Elnawawy

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How Al Ahram Weekly Online And Al Ahram Hebdo Online Framed The 2003 Iraq War, Ingrid Wassmann

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Media Convergence: Effects On The Egyptian Mobile Phone Users, Eiman Eissa

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Media Convergence And Virtual Communities: Current And Future Implications For Civic Inclusion, Lamees Magedy El Baghdady

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This thesis has a multi disciplinary approach. It integrates the study of virtual communities and media convergence research with a broader social milieu that is represented in two levels of research the micro level and the macro one. Among the significances of this thesis, is that it is considered to be the first academic investigation in the Arab World that tackles this theme of research.

Furthermore, the researcher triangulates both a quantitative and qualitative methods as the methodological framework for the thesis. The main research sample consists of 500 Egyptian youth, who are members of virtual communities.

Besides, while the …

Efficacy Of Nubian Press In Cairo: A Uses And Gratifications Study 2006, Syonara Mohamed Adel Tomoum

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Enframing News:An Ethnographic Study Of Afp Policies And Procedures 2000 -2003, Safaa M Kanj

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The study focuses on the Arabic desk of the French News Agency (APP) which is one of the main language desks of the international wire service that provides news in six languages. APP is the largest news provider in Arabic language to the media in the Middle East and North Africa.

Employing the techniques of a participant observation or ethnographic study, the work explores the constraints journalists face during the process of selecting, translating and editing the news.

Journalists were observed at work and questioned about their selections and

decisions, in addition to their views concerning the problems of objectivity …

An Egypt-Based Model For The Use Of The Internet In National Development, Naila Nabil Hamdy

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