Browsing American University in Cairo Scholarly Communications by Discipline "Journalism and Mass Communication"

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  • The 2001 A.L.I. Fire 
    El Deeb, Tarek Ahmed (2010-12-21)
    In 2001, The American University’s Arabic Language Institute (more commonly known as A-L-I) suffered from a massive electrical fire that destroyed much of the department. I’m Tarek El Deeb, let me take you back a couple ...
  • A-U-C Security...then and now 
    El Husseiny, Habiba (2011-05-25)
  • The agenda-setting impact of Egyptian nightly television talk shows on attitudes towards civic engagement in Egypt 
    El-Khalili, Sara Nassar (2011-06-12)
    The awareness function of the mass media is at the heart of civic engagement, which is fundamental for a country in transition to democracy such as Egypt. This study examined the agenda-setting impact of Egyptian nightly ...
  • Ali Al-Jarhi interview 
    Al-Jarhi, Nuha (2011-10-03)
  • The application of media convergence in Egypt: current situation, obstacles and potentials 
    Ahmed, Mohamed (2013-02-13)
    Media convergence is a new way of present media contents to mass audiences and through which every member in the Global Society will be able to view, share, send and retain information from/to all other members as they ...
  • AUC's Student Organizations Throughout the Years 
    Abdel Rehim, Yara Ahmed (2012-05-14)
    The purposes of many student organizations at AUC have changed since the launch of the Student Union seventy-five years ago. Of course the community and the social issues have impacted these changes.
  • AUC rare books and special collections library audio feature 
    Abdel Moaty, Mai (2012-12-12)
    Welcome to the AUC Rare Books and Special Collections Library, where you can find treasures of knowledge within the heart of the campus. The official opening of this magnificent library was in February 1992 in Tahrir ...
  • AUC student publications .... the way they see it 
    Risha, Lamees Hazem (2012-05-13)
    Since A-U-C started as an enlightening institution, there were a few number of students’ publications that got published. By time, different forms of publications have been produced trying to raise the A-U-C community’s ...
  • AUC’s student union: a success or an epic failure? 
    Farrag, Nadine (2012-05-14)
    In The American University in Cairo, many student organizations have been created over the years. Some made it up to this moment, others changed their activities, and many closed their operations completely. Only one ...
  • An Aucian's life after graduation. 
    El Abd, Dalia (2012-04-26)
    Alumni Yomna Gamal was interviewed about her life during and after her experience in AUC. She gave feedback of her major decisions and how she plans to carry on her life using all that she learned during college. She also ...
  • The AUCian experience of an alumnus 
    Omar, Nouran (2013-05-12)
    My interview was with an AUC graduate. Her name is Youmna Mahmoud. She majored in Psychology and business. She now works in Al Mashfa Psychiatric hospital. I did my background research on her by asking a senior doctor about ...
  • The battle against plagiarism at AUC 
    Meky, Dina (2012-12-10)
    Egyptian culture doesn’t recognize plagiarism. In most Arab cultures, taking someone’s words for one’s own is not taught in schools or universities. A-U-C is no different and faces double standards on its fight against plagiarism.
  • The battle in heavy metal 
    El Shiaty, Nadine (2012-12-28)
    This is an audio documentary that introduces the world of Heavy Metal, its subculture, the nature of the songs and the on going battle they face with both the society and the government. Heavy Metal is perceived in Egypt ...
  • Civic engagement and AUC 
    Ali, Samah (2012-12-13)
    From what has been explained, civic engagement includes or demands the act of doing, giving or contributing. It is volunteering, out of your good will. It takes your time, your effort, your energy and sometimes your money. ...
  • A cross-cultural comparison of organizational communication media: an application of media richness theory 
    Abdel Kader, Mai Wahid (2010-05-29)
    Media Richness Theory (MRT) argues that within any work organization, the performance of employees and managers improve when using â richer' media for equivocal tasks. The main goal of this study is to assess the predictions ...
  • The development of underground music in Egypt audio documentary 
    Malash, Yassmeen (2012-10-16)
    This is a 14-minute audio documentary that focuses on the development of underground music in Egypt, through the scope of the not-so-popular genres such as Metal. The documentary looks at how music was back in the Nineties ...
  • A discursive atlas of the old and new AUC campuses 
    Shaker, Nadeen (2012-05-09)
    The dictionary definition of an atlas is a book of maps and charts. In this audio documentary, Nadeen Shaker attempts to explore another type of atlas: that in the minds and memories of people in the A-U-C community who ...
  • Early marriage among Egyptian students 
    Tawfik, Mona (2012-12-16)
    An interesting phenomenon has been taking place in Cairo, Egypt. College students appear to be tying the knot earlier than the contemporary age. Mona Tawfik investigates.
  • The effect of the television viewership on self-image and perception of the Upper Egyptians among the Cairenes 
    Hamed, Dina Mahmoud (2013-01-27)
    This study examines the effect of the Egyptian television viewership on self-image and perception of the upper Egyptians among the Cairenes.Two interrelated theories involving such perceptions, the cultivation theory, and ...
  • Egypt's Visually Disabled People Plead for Improvement 
    Ahmed, Ahmed (2012-12-12)
    There are more than 2.2 million people with visual disabilities living in Egypt most of which suffer from poverty, lack of accessibilities, ineffective educational techniques and governmental negligence; yet they still ...