Ahmed El Gody
Biographic Data
| ID | 4209106 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmed El Gody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmed |
| FAMILY NAME | El Gody |
| SIGNATURE | EL GODY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Örebro University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1736-5976 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Meme and mimicry as political communication
Employing social media in building academic brands of the UAE’s universities
This paper studied the United Arab Emirates universities’ social media branding strategies based on an investigation of their performances on Twitter. Content analysis was conducted to examine universities’ tweet topics, image subjects, languages, and engagement features. The effectiveness of strategies is investigated by analyzing audience engagement metrics. We also compared social media strategies between private and public universities. Resul…
Issue Introduction | Decoding the Echo Chamber
In our information-driven society, individuals increasingly consume news instantly via online platforms, including news websites, social media, blogs, and forums. In particular, social media platforms have become fertile ground for the proliferation of fake news, where false information is produced and widely disseminated, often from untraceable IP addresses (Shae and Tsai 2019). These platforms serve as near-perfect conduits for spreading news t…
The revolution continues
Ten years after the onset of the Arab revolutions, Facebook and Twitter have turned into powerful enablers of vast disinformation campaigns, harassment, censorship, and incitement of violence against activists, journalists, and human rights defenders. This, however, does not mean that the Egyptian online experience is over. A new generation of digital activists has started to emerge, bringing together disparate individuals and groups educating ci…
Convergence and divergence of ICTs in Egyptian newsrooms
The convergence of information communication technologies (ICTs) in news-making processes has changed the nature of news production in post-Arab Spring Egypt. Several newsrooms have integrated ICTs into their daily routines to develop their content and reconnect with their audiences. Although on the surface this seems a positive development, it appears that today, just a few years after integrating ICTs, Egyptian newsrooms are lagging behind. Thi…
Diffusion of Development Journalism Inside Egyptian Newsrooms
This study examines the boundaries and limitations of the diffusion of “development journalism” among both the editorial body and the journalist body in the Egyptian newsrooms after the 2011 Arab Spring. Newsrooms under study represent different perspectives including state-owned, private-independent, and opposition newspapers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-seven editors in chief and journalists, the authors studied how the editors and …
Interactivity in Egyptian newspapers
The utilisation of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Egypt has irrevocably changed the nature of the traditional Egyptian public sphere. One can see the Egyptian online society as a multiplicity of networks. These networks have developed, transformed and expanded over time, operating across all areas of life. Nonetheless, in essence they are sociopolitical and cultural in origin. This trend changed the way audiences consumed n…
The use of information and communication technologies in three Egyptian newsrooms
The basis of the information revolution in Egypt centres on the use and appropriation of technological advancements. At its forefront is the growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which offer an active and interactive platform for socio-political development, including the circumstances leading to the “25 January 2011 revolution”, predominantly labelled as the “Facebook” or Twitter revolution’. After this “digital” revolutio…
New Media, New Audience, New Topics, and New Forms of Censorship in the Middle East
The Arab world is generally known as laggard in adopting and utilizing new technologies, and the Internet was no exception. Tunisia was the first Arab country to link to the Internet in 1991 on an experimental level1; the first network connection was introduced in 1992 when Egypt established a 9.6k gateway through France. Then several Arab states started joining the new networked world; however, the pace of Internet diffusion in Arab states was s…
Diffusion of Development Journalism Inside Egyptian Newsrooms
This study examines the boundaries and limitations of the diffusion of “development journalism” among both the editorial body and the journalist body in the Egyptian newsrooms after the 2011 Arab Spring. Newsrooms under study represent different perspectives including state-owned, private-independent, and opposition newspapers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-seven editors in chief and journalists, the authors studied how the editors and …
Interactivity in Egyptian newspapers
The utilisation of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Egypt has irrevocably changed the nature of the traditional Egyptian public sphere. One can see the Egyptian online society as a multiplicity of networks. These networks have developed, transformed and expanded over time, operating across all areas of life. Nonetheless, in essence they are sociopolitical and cultural in origin. This trend changed the way audiences consumed n…
The use of information and communication technologies in three Egyptian newsrooms
The basis of the information revolution in Egypt centres on the use and appropriation of technological advancements. At its forefront is the growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which offer an active and interactive platform for socio-political development, including the circumstances leading to the “25 January 2011 revolution”, predominantly labelled as the “Facebook” or Twitter revolution’. After this “digital” revolutio…
New Media, New Audience, New Topics, and New Forms of Censorship in the Middle East
The Arab world is generally known as laggard in adopting and utilizing new technologies, and the Internet was no exception. Tunisia was the first Arab country to link to the Internet in 1991 on an experimental level1; the first network connection was introduced in 1992 when Egypt established a 9.6k gateway through France. Then several Arab states started joining the new networked world; however, the pace of Internet diffusion in Arab states was s…
The use of information and communication technologies in three Egyptian newsrooms
The basis of the information revolution in Egypt centres on the use and appropriation of technological advancements. At its forefront is the growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which offer an active and interactive platform for socio-political development, including the circumstances leading to the “25 January 2011 revolution”, predominantly labelled as the “Facebook” or Twitter revolution’. After this “digital” revolutio…
Interactivity in Egyptian newspapers
The utilisation of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Egypt has irrevocably changed the nature of the traditional Egyptian public sphere. One can see the Egyptian online society as a multiplicity of networks. These networks have developed, transformed and expanded over time, operating across all areas of life. Nonetheless, in essence they are sociopolitical and cultural in origin. This trend changed the way audiences consumed n…
Convergence and divergence of ICTs in Egyptian newsrooms
The convergence of information communication technologies (ICTs) in news-making processes has changed the nature of news production in post-Arab Spring Egypt. Several newsrooms have integrated ICTs into their daily routines to develop their content and reconnect with their audiences. Although on the surface this seems a positive development, it appears that today, just a few years after integrating ICTs, Egyptian newsrooms are lagging behind. Thi…
Diffusion of Development Journalism Inside Egyptian Newsrooms
This study examines the boundaries and limitations of the diffusion of “development journalism” among both the editorial body and the journalist body in the Egyptian newsrooms after the 2011 Arab Spring. Newsrooms under study represent different perspectives including state-owned, private-independent, and opposition newspapers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-seven editors in chief and journalists, the authors studied how the editors and …
The revolution continues
Ten years after the onset of the Arab revolutions, Facebook and Twitter have turned into powerful enablers of vast disinformation campaigns, harassment, censorship, and incitement of violence against activists, journalists, and human rights defenders. This, however, does not mean that the Egyptian online experience is over. A new generation of digital activists has started to emerge, bringing together disparate individuals and groups educating ci…
Issue Introduction | Decoding the Echo Chamber
In our information-driven society, individuals increasingly consume news instantly via online platforms, including news websites, social media, blogs, and forums. In particular, social media platforms have become fertile ground for the proliferation of fake news, where false information is produced and widely disseminated, often from untraceable IP addresses (Shae and Tsai 2019). These platforms serve as near-perfect conduits for spreading news t…
Employing social media in building academic brands of the UAE’s universities
This paper studied the United Arab Emirates universities’ social media branding strategies based on an investigation of their performances on Twitter. Content analysis was conducted to examine universities’ tweet topics, image subjects, languages, and engagement features. The effectiveness of strategies is investigated by analyzing audience engagement metrics. We also compared social media strategies between private and public universities. Resul…
Meme and mimicry as political communication
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Information and Communications Technology (3 works) · Journalism (3 works)