The Media and the Making of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
While views may differ on the factors that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible, the role of mass media will remain undisputable. The Internet-based social networks caught the Mubarak regime by surprise, and the popular disillusionment with the ‘national’ media led the public to turn to pri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Freie Universität Berlin
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Global Media Journal: German Edition |
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| Online Access: | http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-25453/GMJ3_Samei_final.pdf |
| Summary: | While views may differ on the factors that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible,
the role of mass media will remain undisputable. The Internet-based social networks caught the
Mubarak regime by surprise, and the popular disillusionment with the ‘national’ media led the
public to turn to private newspapers and satellite channels for keeping pace with the events. This
paper examines the role of specific media during the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution – from
25 January to 11 February, 2011 – which we have divided into four parts. It discusses how these
media contributed to the unfolding of events, conceptualized the protests and the demands of the
public, and presented the actors that participated in or opposed the revolution. These points are
addressed by discussing the content of the Facebook pages of the Sixth of April Movement and We
Are All Khalid Said, as well as that of a private Egyptian newspaper, al-Shuruq, and the state-run
newspaper al-Ahram. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-4807 2196-4807 |