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Mekdad, Faten (2017)

The Credibility Crisis: Has the Information Revolution Rendered Arab State Media Obsolete?

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

This thesis studies the continued claim to credibility of Arab state media following the Arab Uprisings which began in 2010. Surveys conducted on countries across the Middle East have shown a rise in local consumption of national media, including state media, despite the proliferation of available news sources in the information revolution. Using qualitative survey analysis and interviews, this thesis attempts to probe at the underlying reasons behind this phenomenon, using Egypt as the main case study.

Arab Media

Information Revolution

Egypt

Media Credibility

Arab Uprisings

State Media

Author

Mekdad, Faten

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Schonmann, Noa

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en