Dr. Eman Mosharafa
B.A., Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo
M.A., Video Journalism, The American University in Cairo
Ph.D., Mass Communication, Cairo University
Dr. Eman Mosharafa is an Assistant Professor of Communication at City Univ. of New York -LAGCC. She has been teaching in Egypt and the U.S. for the past 10 years. In addition, Dr. Mosharafa has field experience in news, advertising, and drama production. She is an expert on Middle Eastern and Islamic cultures and their portrayal in the mass media. Her research interests include mass communication, political and cultural communication, and new social media. One of her current projects is “Beyond Sacred: Unthinking Muslim Identity,” which is a roving exhibit in New York about the Muslim culture. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.
Address: New York, New York, United States
M.A., Video Journalism, The American University in Cairo
Ph.D., Mass Communication, Cairo University
Dr. Eman Mosharafa is an Assistant Professor of Communication at City Univ. of New York -LAGCC. She has been teaching in Egypt and the U.S. for the past 10 years. In addition, Dr. Mosharafa has field experience in news, advertising, and drama production. She is an expert on Middle Eastern and Islamic cultures and their portrayal in the mass media. Her research interests include mass communication, political and cultural communication, and new social media. One of her current projects is “Beyond Sacred: Unthinking Muslim Identity,” which is a roving exhibit in New York about the Muslim culture. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.
Address: New York, New York, United States
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Keywords: Mobilization, Egyptian Revolution, Content Analysis, Social Media, Cyberactivism.
Sixty students in television drama class at a private university in Cairo participated in this study. Over a period of three weeks, students viewed a number of eight movies that dealt with foreign occupation, injustice, and government corruption. A pre-test and a post-test were used to measure any change in students ability to process films’ content, to add their own interpretations and opinions to the actual information, and to make inferences about the real world. Additionally, a focus group was conducted on one particular movie, which deals with oppression. The plot took place in a rural village in the twentieth century. The focus group was used to explore students’ ability to encode the message of the film and to project this message on present time and place.
Results indicate that class discussions may alter the modality judgment attributed by the students to the drama viewed. This in turn influences their level of interest in instructive dramatic programming and their level of awareness with regard to current political conditions, but not their level of involvement in political issues.
The researcher introduces various culture and identity theories and tackles numerous concepts including construction and conception of oneself and others, stereotypes, identity threats, and cultural diversity. The paper then provides manifestations to these concepts in regards to the stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims, the claimed tension between modern culture and Islam, and the media influence on Arab cultural identity.
Eman Mosharafa (2014). Culture and Identity in the 9/11 World of Alliances and
Rivalries. Transforming International Communication: Media, Culture and Society in the Middle East. Ed. Kiran Prasad. BR Publishers. New Delhi. PP 143- 158.
Keywords: Mobilization, Egyptian Revolution, Content Analysis, Social Media, Cyberactivism.
Sixty students in television drama class at a private university in Cairo participated in this study. Over a period of three weeks, students viewed a number of eight movies that dealt with foreign occupation, injustice, and government corruption. A pre-test and a post-test were used to measure any change in students ability to process films’ content, to add their own interpretations and opinions to the actual information, and to make inferences about the real world. Additionally, a focus group was conducted on one particular movie, which deals with oppression. The plot took place in a rural village in the twentieth century. The focus group was used to explore students’ ability to encode the message of the film and to project this message on present time and place.
Results indicate that class discussions may alter the modality judgment attributed by the students to the drama viewed. This in turn influences their level of interest in instructive dramatic programming and their level of awareness with regard to current political conditions, but not their level of involvement in political issues.
The researcher introduces various culture and identity theories and tackles numerous concepts including construction and conception of oneself and others, stereotypes, identity threats, and cultural diversity. The paper then provides manifestations to these concepts in regards to the stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims, the claimed tension between modern culture and Islam, and the media influence on Arab cultural identity.
Eman Mosharafa (2014). Culture and Identity in the 9/11 World of Alliances and
Rivalries. Transforming International Communication: Media, Culture and Society in the Middle East. Ed. Kiran Prasad. BR Publishers. New Delhi. PP 143- 158.