The Internet and Political Public Opinion in Egypt

ISBN-13: 9783659111457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 96 str.

Eiman Eissa

Opis

The voicing of public opinion in Egypt has been facing limitations in the traditional media, but now with the news media conditions have changed. At the same time, not everyone has access to this technology, and so the digital divide appears. The scope of this study is to interpret the conditions of public opinion in Egypt, specifically the students in public versus private universities in order to analyze the effect of technology-availability on public opinion. This research focuses on Egypt, as a developing country that has seen several changes in the past years in attempt to change its culture and become more democratized, although it does not have strong technological advancements.

O autorze

Eissa, EimanEiman Eissa, PhD: Media Studies, American University of London; M.A. and Bachelors:Journalism and Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo. She has taught public relations and advertising courses at Qatar University and the Modern Sciences and Arts University. She is currently working as a freelance marketing consultant.