PART 3: The role of the media Role of media in the lead up to June 30th, media environment post June 30th. In the American professional ideology, one of the significant points is objectivity, detachment, structural constraints, sociology of news work. Egypt is completely different: there is a gross lack of professionalism. Many journalists graduate journalism school without having written an article. Social responsibility absent in Egypt. During Morsi’s time, consistent stream of narratives. MB portrayed as fundamentally incompetent. News coverage hysterical, mythical stories such as Morsi selling the pyramids and Suez Canal. Morsi’s being blamed for serious stories such as natural disasters. Discourse after 3rd July: - On June 30 to July 3: the nation (al sha3b) has spoken made it seem like the people on the other side were not or are not part of the nation. Narrative changed, MB treason, sheep, dehumanizing rhetoric Used in history to justify mass repression. During the dispersal of the Rabaa square in which human rights organization described as the largest massacre in Egyptian history, the onTV channel was playing the soundtrack to the Rocky movie. Environment we are in in Egypt right now includes political exclusion, which would be too nice to describe such an environment, its more like an annihilation. If we cant beat the group that win, we eliminate them. Rhetoric of terrorism, purification. Political discourse and media discourse.
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