Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in western eyes : a critical discourse analysis of western media coverage of the 2012 presidential elections campaign

Author

Mustafa, Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin

Source

Journal of Middle East Research

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 44 (31 Jan. 2018), pp.21-39, 19 p.

Publisher

Ain Shams University The Middle East Research and Future Studies Center

Publication Date

2018-01-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

19

Main Subjects

Media and Communication

Abstract EN

The present study is critical discourse analysis of the Western online newspapers coverage of the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections, with a focus on the way the elected president- Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood group.

The way the candidatetoppled later after a tumultuous revolution- was represented to the Western nonprofessional is of extreme importance in the interpretation of the way he was received by the masses.

In addition to Halliday’s (2014) theory of systemic functional grammar and van Dijk’s (1988a) socio-cognitive model in analyzing news discourse, the tools applied to the analysis are drawn from the insights of Richardson (2007) into the analysis of news discourse.

The articles under analysis are selected to represent a variety of coverage stances, highlighting the way each presidential candidate is depicted, and revealing political stance the news article aims at confirming.

The results show a state of wariness among key political players towards Morsi and his group in fear of changing the secular identity of Egypt.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Mustafa, Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin. 2018. Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in western eyes : a critical discourse analysis of western media coverage of the 2012 presidential elections campaign. Journal of Middle East Research،Vol. 2018, no. 44, pp.21-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-961743

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Mustafa, Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin. Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in western eyes : a critical discourse analysis of western media coverage of the 2012 presidential elections campaign. Journal of Middle East Research No. 44 (Jan. 2018), pp.21-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-961743

American Medical Association (AMA)

Mustafa, Muhammad Abd al-Muhsin. Morsi and Muslim brotherhood in western eyes : a critical discourse analysis of western media coverage of the 2012 presidential elections campaign. Journal of Middle East Research. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 44, pp.21-39.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-961743

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 38-39

Record ID

BIM-961743