Changing News Changing Realities

94 Pages·2013·6.68 MB·English

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media censorships evolution in egypt
Abdalla F. Hassan

Changing News
Changing Realities

Changing News
Changing Realities
media censorship’s evolution in egypt
Abdalla F. Hassan
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
University of Oxford
Research sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Oxford
13 Norham Gardens
Oxford OX2 6PS
United Kingdom
http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
Copyright © 2013 by Abdalla F. Hassan
Design by Sally Boylan and Adam el-Sehemy
Cover photographs by Abdalla F. Hassan, Joshua Stacher, and Lesley Lababidi
The newspapers’ sting at first seemed slight and was
conveniently disregarded, but its cumulative effect proved
dangerous. By aggressively projecting political messages
to its readers and generating active political debate
among an expanding reading public . . . the press helped
create a climate for political action that would eventually
undermine the British hold on the country.
(Ami Ayalon, The Press in the Arab Middle East)

For Teta Saniya, my parents, and siblings with love,
and for all those brave souls and unsung heroes
who have sacrificed so much so that others can live free