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Joel Abdelmoez

Doctoral Student

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The Egyptian broadcasting sector between 1920 and 2020

Author

  • Joel W. Abdelmoez

Editor

  • Noureddine Miladi
  • Noha Mellor

Summary, in English

The chapter provides a brief overview of the development of the broadcasting sector in Egypt, demonstrating the significance of this sector in promoting the ideologies and policies of Egypt’s successive regimes, beginning with Nasser’s through al-Sisi’s governments. Although the sector was subjected to liberalization, under Mubarak’s rule, state television still dominated the broadcasting sector and controlled the dissemination of public information and news. When private licenses were granted, the new private stations were barred from engaging in newsgathering, and those who overstepped this line quickly lost their licenses. The hope for political changes after the overthrow of Mubarak has largely dissipated, as media censorship has continued under the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, and it has intensified under al-Sisi’s presidency.

Publishing year

2020-11

Language

English

Pages

63-73

Publication/Series

Routledge Handbook on Arab Media

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Media and Communications

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780429427084
  • ISBN: 9781138385481