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Abstract: »This study investigates crime and accident coverage in Egyptian journalism, aiming to analyze reporting patterns and audience targeting strategies. The analysis encompasses 1,020 news articles and 1,246 press photographs from nine Egyptian newspapers, categorized into three journalistic orientations: national (government-controlled), partisan (owned by opposition parties), and private (business-owned or joint-stock). The study focuses on 2008, a late period of Mubarak’s rule characterized by significant transformations in the media landscape and economic challenges, such as inflation-induced price increases, social unrest, and intensified repression of political freedoms. The findings reveal that reporting strategies across the three journalistic orientations were influenced by government censorship, ownership structures, and each outlet’s editorial stance. These results underscore the diverse mechanisms through which media content shapes public sentiment and reinforces or challenges loyalty to Egypt’s political system.« (Source: Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 64)
	1. Introduction (p. 64)
	2. Journalism and Shaping Public Opinion Theories (p. 65)
		2.1. Agenda-Setting Theory (p. 66)
		2.2. Framing Theory (p. 67)
	3. Literature Review (p. 67)
		3.1. Egyptian Newspapers’ Coverage of Government Performance (p. 67)
		3.2. Press Coverage of Crimes and Accidents (p. 68)
		3.3 Media Censorship in Egypt (p. 68)
	4. Research Design (p. 69)
		4.1. Data Collection (p. 71)
		4.2. The Coding Instrument (p. 71)
	5. Data and Method (p. 72)
		5.1. Case Selection (p. 72)
			5.1.1. National Newspapers (p. 72)
			5.1.2. Partisan Newspapers (p. 73)
			5.1.3. Private Newspapers (p. 73)
	6. Results (p. 74)
		6.1. A Comparative Analysis of the Types of Crimes and Accidents Reported in Egyptian Journalism (p. 74)
			6.1.1. General Trends (p. 75)
			6.1.2. Reporting Crimes and Accidents in Newspapers Coverage (p. 76)
		6.2. The News Value of Topics Related to Criminal Activity and Incidents (p. 76)
			6.2.1. General Trends (p. 77)
			6.2.2. News Values in Egyptian Newspapers (p. 77)
		6.3. The Priorities of Egyptian Newspapers in Publishing Topics of Crimes and Incidents (p. 78)
			6.3.1. General Trends (p. 78)
			6.3.2. Emphasized Themes in Egyptian Newspapers with Diverse Orientations (p. 79)
		6.4. The Journalistic Aim of Publishing Crimes and Incidents in Egyptian Newspapers (p. 79)
			6.4.1. General Tends (p. 80)
			6.4.2. The Objectives of Publishing News about Crimes and Accidents in Egyptian Newspapers (p. 80)
		6.5. A categorizationof the types of actors involved in criminal and accidental incidents in Egypt (p. 80)
			6.5.1. General Trends (p. 81)
			6.5.2. Characters Involved in the Crime (p. 81)
		6.6. The Location of the Crime Topic as Presented in the Newspaper (p. 82)
			6.6.1. General Trends (p. 82)
			6.6.2. The Dominance of Pages Specialized in Publishing Topics of Crimes and Accidents in Egyptian Newspapers (p. 83)
		6.7. Type of Titles (p. 83)
			6.7.1. General Trends (p. 83)
			6.7.2. The Predominance of Spread Heads in Crime and Accident Reporting (p. 84)
		6.8. Geographical Location of Crimes (p. 84)
			6.8.1. General Trends (p. 84)
			6.8.2. Urban Dominance in Crime and Accident Reporting (p. 84)
		6.9. The Subject of Photos (p. 85)
			6.9.1. General Trends (p. 86)
			6.9.2. How Egyptian Newspapers Depict the Accused, Crime Scenes, and Law Enforcement (p. 86)
		6.10. Sources of Press Photos (p. 86)
			6.10.1. General Trends (p. 87)
			6.10.2. Transparency in Egyptian Newspapers (p. 87)
		6.11. Types of Press Photos (p. 87)
			6.11.1. General Trends (p. 87)
			6.11.2. The Prevalence of Portraits and Objective Pictures in Egyptian Newspapers’ Crime Coverage (p. 88)
		6.12. Size of Press Photo (p. 88)
			6.12.1. General Trends (p. 88)
			6.12.2. The Dominance of Small-sized Images in the Coverage of Crimes and Incidents in the Egyptian Press (p. 89)
		6.13. Use of Colors in Press Photos (p. 89)
			6.13.1. General Trends (p. 89)
			6.13.2. The Dominance of Black and White Photography in Crime Reporting by Egyptian Newspaper (p. 89)
		6.14. Location of Press Photo (p. 90)
			6.14.1. General Trends (p. 90)
			6.14.2. The Dominance of Placing Press Photos in the Upper Half of the Page (p. 90)
	7. Discussion (p. 91)
		7.1. Approaches of Crime Coverage Across Newspapers (p. 91)
			7.1.1. National Newspapers’ Crime Coverage Patterns (p. 91)
			7.1.2. Partisan Newspapers’ Crime Coverage Patterns (p. 93)
			7.1.3. Private Newspapers’ Crime Coverage Patterns (p. 95)
		7.2. Audience Influencing Approaches Across Newspapers (p. 96)
			7.2.1. National Newspapers’ Targeting Strategies (p. 96)
			7.2.2. Partisan Newspapers’ Targeting Strategies (p. 98)
			7.2.3. Private Newspapers’ Targeting Strategies (p. 100)
	8. Conclusion (p. 101)
	References (p. 102)

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