Malcolm Miller, CEO of innovative set-top box-maker Pace Micro Technology, speaking to a group of industry investors in June, summed up the problem facing his market sector, "There are people out there who are buying smart new silver [cellular] phones at "350 each with [little extra benefits] over a 10 …

In the 1990s, most countries south of the Rio Grande"with the notable exception of Cuba"initiated a liberalization process marked by intense privatization, fall of protectionist barriers and alliance to neighboring countries in regional trade pacts. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, the Mercado Comun del Sur (Mercosur) …

Introduction  "All international business activity involves communication" (Martin and Chaney, 1992, p. 268). Thus cross cultural business communication has become increasingly important over the past decade and a half. A major factor is the growth of international trade. The combined value of import and export trade for the U.S. grew …

While a post-Brexit United Kingdom continues to struggle with xenophobia and anxieties about the Arab/Muslim diaspora, a new hero has emerged in the country’s most popular sport. He’s wildly talented, he’s from Egypt, and he’s Muslim. Known as “The Pharaoh”, “The Egyptian King”, and even the “Egyptian Messi”, 25-year-old Mohamed …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/HES18RMM Today’s world faces many conflicts and is impacted by an increasing number of natural disasters. In this climate of turbulence and uncertainty, the role of media in conflict management and peace building is extremely important. With this backdrop, the faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/HM18IDKW تقدم تلك الورقة تأصيلاً نظرياً لعلاقة الإعلام بالأزمات من خلال طرح مجموعة من المحاور التي تساهم في توضيح مراحل الأزمة ودور الإعلام في كل مرحلة من مراحلها، وذلك بغية تقديم رؤية تدفع نحو التعامل بشكل أفضل مع الأزمات، وقد جاءت تلك المحاور كما يأتي: دورة …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/MEH18IDK تمهيد: في ظل تفاقم الأزمات في مختلف مناحى الحياة السياسية والاقتصادية والبيئية والاجتماعية، وعلى كافة المستويات المحلية والإقليمية والدولية في العقود الأخيرة بشكل خاص، برز موضوع الإعلام والأزمات، أو إعلام الأزمات بكل وسائله التقليدية والجديدة، المقننة والبديلة وإعلام المواطن، وبمستوياته المختلفة الوطنية "المحلية" والقومية والإقليمية، …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/RA18TLDR تمهيد: تتناول هذه الورقة دور الصحافة البناءة وقت الأزمات، خاصة في الديمقراطيات الانتقالية، وتهتم بتعريف مصطلح الصحافة البناءة وأهميتها في المرحلة الانتقالية الحالية، خاصة في مواجهة الأزمات. حيث تزداد أهمية وسائل الإعلام ويقع على عاتقها دور كبير وقت الأزمات؛ لما لها من قدرات هائلة على …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/AE18TAPW Introduction Throughout history, nations have suffered natural disasters that inflict damage, spread chaos, and claim lives. In contrast to anthropogenic or human-made disasters that are usually limited in scope, a natural disaster can impact a whole country, or even a continent. Earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, landslides, …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/AS18IDKH A few days before U.S. President Donald Trump declared that America would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a number of Arab heads  of state—including the leaders of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority (not yet a state but one in the making …