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
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