Public fear or public sphere? A content analysis of user comments on Egyptian newspaper Facebook pages

IF 1.5 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Global Media and Communication Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI:10.1177/17427665241242689

Mohamad Hamas Elmasry, Mohammed el-Nawawy

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Abstract

This content analysis examined posts and user comments on four of the most followed Egyptian newspaper Facebook pages: Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Youm Al-Saba’, Al-Shorouk and Al-Ahram. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the extent to which Egyptians are able to navigate ongoing government authoritarianism to self-express online. Contrary to expectations, the results indicate that Facebook page size appears to be a much more important factor in dictating the conditions of Egyptian news spheres than editorial policies and ownership structures. Overall, this suggests that current authoritarian conditions in Egypt have rendered editorial lines relatively unimportant.

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公众恐惧还是公共领域？埃及报纸 Facebook 页面用户评论内容分析

本内容分析研究了四家关注度最高的埃及报纸 Facebook 页面上的帖子和用户评论：Al-Masry Al-Youm、Al-Youm Al-Saba'、Al-Shorouk 和 Al-Ahram。分析的目的是评估埃及人在多大程度上能够通过持续的政府专制主义在网上进行自我表达。与预期相反，分析结果表明，与编辑政策和所有权结构相比，Facebook 页面的大小似乎是决定埃及新闻领域状况的一个更为重要的因素。总体而言，这表明埃及当前的专制状况已使编辑方针变得相对不重要。

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Global Media and Communication COMMUNICATION-

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