Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Amany Albert

Publications

• Research Article
  Frame Analysis of Egyptian Opinion Leaders Tweets: A Study on a Sample of Contents Relevant to the Democracy Issue
  Author(s): Amany AlbertAmany Albert
  
  In this study the researcher conducted frame analysis for opinion leaders’ tweets, to explore different types of frames that shaped the democracy debate after the revolution. The research took place in a period of 21 days, in the memory of the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, starting from: January 15, 2013 to February 4, 2013, before the revolution date and after. This study proceeded from a quantitative content analysis of 12 members’ messages on Twitter. Over all, it includes 386 tweets from three groups of opinion leaders, 53 from Former presidential candidates, 123 from Islamists leaders, and 210 from Political analysts. The aim of this study was to investigate the dominant frame, and compare which frames each group used. Analysis was conducted according to what type of “topics and issues covered, the tone of tweets (neutral, negative, positive), t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000318

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