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Videoblogging As An Online News Phenomenon : An Exploratory Study, Tauheed Ramjaun Jun 2007

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 May 2007

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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No abstract provided.


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 Feb 2007

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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No abstract provided.


Telecommunication Regulation Analysis Using Legal Realism Principals, Mohamed Amin Elnawawy Feb 2007

Telecommunication Regulation Analysis Using Legal Realism Principals, Mohamed Amin Elnawawy

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No abstract provided.


How Al Ahram Weekly Online And Al Ahram Hebdo Online Framed The 2003 Iraq War, Ingrid Wassmann Feb 2007

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

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No abstract provided.


Media Convergence: Effects On The Egyptian Mobile Phone Users, Eiman Eissa Jun 2006

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

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No abstract provided.


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

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

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No abstract provided.


Media Convergence And Virtual Communities: Current And Future Implications For Civic Inclusion, Lamees Magedy El Baghdady Feb 2006

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 …


Enframing News:An Ethnographic Study Of Afp Policies And Procedures 2000 -2003, Safaa M Kanj Feb 2004

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 Feb 2003

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

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No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Computers As A New Instructional Medium In Education, Lamiaa Issa El Nakib Jun 2001

The Impact Of Computers As A New Instructional Medium In Education, Lamiaa Issa El Nakib

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No abstract provided.


History And Impact Of Mobile Telephony In Egypt, Dina Tayseer El Hawary Jan 2001

History And Impact Of Mobile Telephony In Egypt, Dina Tayseer El Hawary

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No abstract provided.


Arabization Of The Internet Assessment And Impact, Mariam G Nagib May 2000

Arabization Of The Internet Assessment And Impact, Mariam G Nagib

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No abstract provided.


Transnational Journalism Education In Egypt, Abdelghani Jbara Jan 1999

Transnational Journalism Education In Egypt, Abdelghani Jbara

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No abstract provided.


On-Line Journalism Publishing In The Arab World, Atef Mostafa Kamal El Hoteiby Jan 1999

On-Line Journalism Publishing In The Arab World, Atef Mostafa Kamal El Hoteiby

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No abstract provided.


The Satellite Broadcasting Revolution In Africa, Richard Fon Teh Akum Jr Jan 1999

The Satellite Broadcasting Revolution In Africa, Richard Fon Teh Akum Jr

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No abstract provided.


Press Coverage Of Environmental Issues In Egypt, Inas H. Mikhail Jan 1999

Press Coverage Of Environmental Issues In Egypt, Inas H. Mikhail

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No abstract provided.


Africa's New Media: A Case Study Of Uganda's Mass Media Under Museveni, Peter G Mwesige Nov 1998

Africa's New Media: A Case Study Of Uganda's Mass Media Under Museveni, Peter G Mwesige

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No abstract provided.


International Media Coverage Of Conflict At The Iii International Conference For Population And Development In Cairo, Cherine Adel Sadek Jun 1996

International Media Coverage Of Conflict At The Iii International Conference For Population And Development In Cairo, Cherine Adel Sadek

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No abstract provided.


Iraqi Propaganda Before And After The Invasion Of Kuwait, Suzy Said El Geneidy Jan 1996

Iraqi Propaganda Before And After The Invasion Of Kuwait, Suzy Said El Geneidy

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No abstract provided.


The Information Superhighway, Wail Ismail Hassan Jan 1996

The Information Superhighway, Wail Ismail Hassan

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No abstract provided.


New Technologies And The Future Of Communication Education In Africa, Bala A Muhammad Jan 1996

New Technologies And The Future Of Communication Education In Africa, Bala A Muhammad

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No abstract provided.


Palestinian Refugees In Canada Camp, Mariam Sami El-Waqf Jan 1996

Palestinian Refugees In Canada Camp, Mariam Sami El-Waqf

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No abstract provided.


Journalism, Professionalism And Information Control, Mohamed Ahmed El Nawawy Dec 1995

Journalism, Professionalism And Information Control, Mohamed Ahmed El Nawawy

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No abstract provided.


Newspaper Coverage Of Terrorism: A Content Analysis Of Al Ahram And The New York Times, Dina Amal Kotby Jun 1995

Newspaper Coverage Of Terrorism: A Content Analysis Of Al Ahram And The New York Times, Dina Amal Kotby

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No abstract provided.


Feminism And The Media: A Longitudinal Study Of Al-Ahram Newspaper 1950s - 1990s, Nadia Mohamed Kira May 1995

Feminism And The Media: A Longitudinal Study Of Al-Ahram Newspaper 1950s - 1990s, Nadia Mohamed Kira

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No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Geographic And Source Biases In Television News, Nashwa Hassanein El Shalakany Jan 1995

The Impact Of Geographic And Source Biases In Television News, Nashwa Hassanein El Shalakany

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No abstract provided.


Mass Communication Master's Theses In Egypt From 1972 To 1993, Mariam Maurice Magar May 1994

Mass Communication Master's Theses In Egypt From 1972 To 1993, Mariam Maurice Magar

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No abstract provided.


Parents' Views On The Relationship Between Television Violence And Their Children's Aggressive Behavior, Dina M El Deeb Dec 1993

Parents' Views On The Relationship Between Television Violence And Their Children's Aggressive Behavior, Dina M El Deeb

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No abstract provided.


The Gap Between Rhetoric And Reality In Al Ahram Weekly's Local News Coverage, Hisham Kandil May 1992

The Gap Between Rhetoric And Reality In Al Ahram Weekly's Local News Coverage, Hisham Kandil

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No abstract provided.