Creating democrats? Testing the Arab Spring

Barnes, Ashley

doi:10.1111/mepo.12020

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“…Since the Arab uprisings of 2011, news information through news sites and the Internet have become important elements in mobilising and supporting online activists to encourage protests in several Arab countries (Arafa & Armstrong, 2015;Barnes, 2013;Lynch, 2015;Mejalli, 2019). The term "misinformation" refers to those stories that are intended to be false for different reasons and such information might be highlighted during conflicts such as those occurring in Egypt since 2011.…”

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Perceptions of Online Academics’ and Al-Jazeera.net’s News Coverage of the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013-2014

Elareshi

Alsridi²,

Ziani³

2020

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The growth and expansion of the Internet has enabled many people to communicate and engage in different manners and it is easier than ever now to obtain news and information content via different online sittings. However, concerns grow about the effects of misinformation that has been circulated via different online media sites to influence public views. This research was aimed at exploring online academic news users' behaviour and their attitudes towards news information given by Al-Jazeera.net during the Egyptian transformation (2013-2014) in Egypt. Based on an online survey (450 users) and focusgroup interviews (six respondents) with Egyptian academics, the research discussed whether users were aware of the media interest or agenda and how users became informed about the political conflict and the transformation, their perceptions of news sites and their evaluation of information regarding this period. The research confirmed that every media has its own interest or agenda when delivering news content, which might favour one side over another. Users indicated that misinformation was found in different forms and, although others underlined the importance of freely accessing online content, there was concern about the spread of misinformation the morality and credibility of online news.

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Perceptions of Online Academics’ and Al-Jazeera.net’s News Coverage of the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013-2014

Elareshi

Alsridi²,

Ziani³

2020

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“…Having had significant roles in the democratic transformation of Eastern Europe, the EU did not have an effective role in the democratic transformation of Egypt. Barnes (2013) stated that -the impact of our democracy and governance activities in Egypt has been limited and unnoticeable in indexes describing the country democratic environment‖ (p.62). The silence of the EU and the international community gave ‗legitimacy' to coup management.…”

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The role of global actors on the failed transition to democracy in Egypt

Turan

2018

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The paper aims to roles of the global actors on the failed transition to democracy in Egypt. In this study, the negative political influence of powerful states on Egypt evaluated in terms of democracy. The current social inequality in the region continued to increase in the 2000s. Egypt's authoritarian leader were not able to establish the relations between state structures and citizens in the last decade. The global actors had crucial roles on the continuation the authoritarian regime in Egypt. They were easily able to get their demands from Hosni Mubarak. When the time was at the end of 2010, the popular uprising movements affected the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region deeply. Egypt was one of the most remarkable countries in the region where Hosni Mubarak ousted. The people in Egypt wanted to have a democratic rule in order to have solutions to the social inequality, favoritism, and corruption. Normally, the powerful global actors should have played positive role so as to enable democratic transition. The United States of America and the European Union needed a more proactive policy along with the acceptability of a democratic criteria. Unfortunately, external actors were silent in the following the process in the first place because they were caught unprepared for the Arab Spring and did not expect such a result. Later on, foreign powers supported the counter-revolution in Egypt when they saw that the things did not go as they would have liked. They expressed their support most clearly in the post-coup statements discussing military and financial issues.

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From Cold War to Arab Spring: mapping the effects of paradigm shifts on the nature and dynamics of US democracy assistance to the Middle East and North Africa

Scott

Carter

2014

Democratization

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Creating democrats? Testing the Arab Spring

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Perceptions of Online Academics’ and Al-Jazeera.net’s News Coverage of the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013-2014

Perceptions of Online Academics’ and Al-Jazeera.net’s News Coverage of the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013-2014

The role of global actors on the failed transition to democracy in Egypt

From Cold War to Arab Spring: mapping the effects of paradigm shifts on the nature and dynamics of US democracy assistance to the Middle East and North Africa

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