Published: 10 March 2012
Region: Egypt
The Media Diversity Institute has launched the first ever study on diversity in the Egyptian media.
The study, led by Dr Rasha Abdulla from the American University in Cairo, focuses on the inclusiveness of the media’s coverage of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, a process which started in November 2011.
Inclusiveness is defined as the inclusion of different groups in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, age, income, gender, and any other factors which make individuals or groups different from, but equal to, one another.
Since this was the first parliamentary election after the January 25th revolution in 2011, it was important to document changes, improvements, and challenges in the media’s coverage of the electoral process.
The study is the first in a series of 4 studies that will be produced over the life of a two year MDI programme, ‘Embracing Free Expression, Diversity and Inclusiveness: Rebuilding post-revolution Egyptian media‘, funded by SIDA.
The project also includes training for journalists and NGOs, support for journalism educators, and production of TV entertainment programmes, as well as media monitoring studies. Its objective is to tackle the issues of political, social and cultural exclusion by state and privately own media in Egypt, and encourage the emergence of responsible Egyptian media based on international standards and principles of free expression, diversity, inclusiveness, transparency and public accountability.
The study can be downloaded below in English or Arabic:
MDI_Egypt_Media_Monitoring_Report_1_EN
MDI_Egypt_Media_Monitoring_Report_1_AR
For more information please contact Hala Morgan, MDI Programme Director at hala.morgan@media-diversity.org or call (+20) 100 571 6518.
