The Role of Political and Economic powers for confronting Terrorism through Media "Analytical Field Study among a sample of Mass and Egyptian newspapers"

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The present study seeks to recognize the roles of political and economic powers that dominate media in confronting terrorism in Egyptian society. This aim will be achieved throughout three main stages as the followings before 25th January, between 25th January and 30th June and finally after 30th June.
The present study can be classified as analytical- descriptive study. It based on sophisticated methodology where it used social survey, questionnaire and content analysis. The present study depended on two samples, one sample consists of individuals who are confronted to different media. The participants of that sample consisted of 600 individuals. The second sample consisted of 620 copies from Al-Ahram and El-Masry Elyoum journals.

The present study came with the followings conclusions as the followings: the political and economic powers that dominate media have not take permanent and rigid  situations for confronting terrorism. On the contrary, their situations differed in respect to their benefits and advantages from encountering terrorism. It is shown that the advantages and benefits of the political and economic powers who are dominating media were consistently matching before 25th January and between 25th January and 30th June. Accordingly, there were no roles for confronting terrorism. However, when there was no consistent and harmony between them after 30th June, the process if confronting terrorism differed in respect to the economic and political powers against terrorism.   

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