“Islam Is Everywhere”: Pre-arab Spring Coverage of Islam in The English Egyptian Press
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/15348423.2014.909207
Abstract
This study investigates how Islam is reported by English-language Egyptian media. Much research has examined the orientalism that occurs in the coverage of Islam in the West, but little has occurred on how Islam is covered in a Muslim-majority context. This study conducted interviews with eight journalists who report on Islam as a part of their beat in Egyptian publications and a news framing analysis was performed on articles relating to Islam in English-language Egyptian news sources Al Ahram Weekly, Daily News Egypt, and Al-Masry Al-Youm in the months before Arab Spring radically altered the shape of the country. By applying orientalism, this study hopes to examine coverage of Islam in an environment where one would expect better portrayal of Islam and to examine the ways in which reporting regarding Islam foreshadowed the changes to come.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Media and Religion, v. 13, issue 2, p. 97-113
Scholar Commons Citation
Perreault, Gregory P., "“Islam Is Everywhere”: Pre-arab Spring Coverage of Islam in The English Egyptian Press" (2014). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 26.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/26
