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Shattered lives, unbroken stories: Journalists’ perspectives from the frontlines of the Israel–Gaza war

Shahira S. Fahmy, Mohamed Salama, Mona Raafat Alsaba

Online Media and Global Communication, volume 3, issue 2 (2024), pp. 151-180

"This study sheds light on the unprecedented complexities of the Israel–Gaza war, offering insights into the challenges that journalists face in this conflict zone. It employs the Hierarchy of Influences Model to analyze the factors influencing conflict reporting within the dynamic landscape of co ... more

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“Woman, Life, Freedom”: A Visual Rhetoric Analysis of #MahsaAmini on X

Menna Elhosary, Laila Abbas, Shahira S. Fahmy

International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 5559-5584

"This study examines the visual rhetoric and activism themes on #MahsaAmini through a quantitative content analysis of 520 visual tweets. The findings show massive support for the women’s movement in Iran through a predominantly visual pro-movement slant, which highlights the role of emotional vis ... more

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TikTok Intifada: Analyzing Social Media Activism Among Youth

Laila Abbas, S. Shahira Fahmy, Mirna Ibrahim

Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 2 (2022), pp. 287-314

"This study uses TikTok as a novel medium to extend the literature on online activism. It adds to the emergent body of knowledge about playful political participation among youth. It also explores how creative micro-videos can be a force to create momentum and shape opinions around social and politi ... more

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Diaspora and Media in Europe: Migration, Identity, and Integration

Karim H. Karim, Ahmed K. Rawi (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xv, 192 pp.

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Measuring journalistic peace/war performance: An exploratory study of crisis reporters’ attitudes and perceptions

Rico Neumann, Shahira Fahmy

International Communication Gazette, volume 78, issue 3 (2016), pp. 223-246

"Based on Galtung’s concept of peace/war journalism, this exploratory work attempts to advance an empirical method to develop a survey instrument for a reliable and valid assessment of journalists’ attitudes toward peace/war performance. The authors propose a measurement index of conflict report ... more

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News Media Landscape in a Fragile State: Professional Ethics Perceptions in a Post-Ba'athist Iraq

Jeannine E. Relly, Margaret Zanger, Shahira Fahmy

Mass Communication & Society, volume 18, issue 4 (2015), pp. 471-497

"During the years of Ba'athist dictator Saddam Hussein, media personnel were under tight control and tortured or executed when they strayed from the government line. In the decade following the fall of the Ba'athist regime, thousands of Iraqi journalists were trained in liberal democratic profession ... more

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High Drama on the High Seas: Peace Versus War Journalism Framing of an Israeli/Palestinian-Related Incident

Shahira Fahmy, Britain Eakin

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 1 (2014), pp. 86-105

"A review of the literature indicates a plethora of studies examining the coverage of Middle Eastern conflicts, but hardly any research has been explicitly framed as being developed from a peace/war journalism perspective. The current study, therefore, represents a substantive effort to remedy this ... more

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Mediated Public Diplomacy: Satellite TV News in the Arab World and Perception Effects

Shahira Fahmy, Wayne Wanta, Erik C. Nisbet

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 8 (2012), pp. 728-749

"Using Entman’s work on mediated public diplomacy, the authors conducted an Arabic-language online survey of news consumers on Arab websites, including one US-funded media outlet. They examined factors leading to gaps in exposure and perceptions of credibility for three Arab news outlets. Specific ... more

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Shooting War or Peace Photographs? An Examination of Newswires’ Coverage of the Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)

Shahira Fahmy, Rico Neumann

American Behavioral Scientist, volume 56, issue 2 (2012), pp. NP1-NP26

"According to Galtung, a peace journalism frame is one that highlights peace initiatives and tones down differences by promoting conflict resolution. A war journalism frame, in his view, is one that highlights differences between opposing parties, urging violence as means to a resolution. Thus, base ... more

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Assessing Global Inequality of Bribery for News Coverage: A Cross-National Study

Aimei Yang, Shahira Fahmy

Mass Communication & Society, volume 15, issue 2 (2012), pp. 201-225

"Bribery for news coverage has a negative impact on the credibility of media; it also restricts the free flow of information and violates the public's right to know. Further, research showed that there exists considerable inequality among countries in terms of the extent to which bribery for news co ... more

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Analyzing the Spell of War: A War/peace Framing Analysis of the 2009 Visual Coverage of the Sri Lankan Civil War in Western Newswires

Rico Neumann, Shahira Fahmy

Mass Communication & Society, volume 15 (2012), pp. 169-200

"The goal of this study was to analyze the extent to which the visual coverage of the final stages (April=May 2009) of the long-lasting Sri Lankan Civil War relied on war and peace frames. Based on the revolutionary conceptual work of Norwegian scholar Johan Galtung, who viewed war and peace journal ... more

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New Media and the New Middle East

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York; Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xviii, 263 pp.

"In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication tech ... more