Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/SS28BASJ Science journalism in the Arab world has passed through many ups and downs; this has been particularly true for the better part of the last decade. Science journalists and editors were initially optimistic that the opening of the media landscape ushered in by the uprisings …

مرّت الصحافة العلمية في العالم العربي بالكثير من مراحل الصعود والهبوط، ولعل ذلك أصدق ما يكون في الجانب الأفضل من العِقد المنصرم؛ إذ استشعر الصحفيون والمحررون العلميون تفاؤلاً في باديء الأمر على أثر فتح الآفاق الإعلامية الذي آذَنَت به ثورات عام 2011، فظنوا أنه سيحقق لمجال الصحافة العلمية المتخصصة نهضةً …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/FEK28KSC Abstract The main objective of this paper is to seek an answer to an important research question: Why did some communication campaigns on health and population issues in Egypt succeed, while others failed to make the desired impact on behavior and subsequent outcomes, such as …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/ASH28CES Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. Social Networking platforms impose new methods of creating audiovisual content, through the use of new technologies; this has also altered the nature of content production and consumption. Social networking platforms represent an ostensibly free, advanced and low-cost space, allowing …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/EAR28CAD Abstract In light of the advancing digital environment and the interest in boosting scientific content published on digital platforms, this paper seeks to define and critically analyze the discourse of popular science shows (henceforth, “PSS”). Considering the fact that religion serves as a major foundational …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/MME28TSJ Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. The study aims to identify the common perceptions and evaluation of the journalistic and scientific community in Egypt, of current transformations and trends in scientific journalism. The study does so, in order to determine the following: 1) The position …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/NE28MMAS Abstract National Geographic Magazine (NGM) is an American cultural icon renowned for the dissemination of geographic knowledge, the exhilaration of cultural explorations, the popularization of science discourse, and the cultivation of visual imaginaries. Among popular science magazines, its distinctive force in the popular imagination squarely …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/SK28ESYT Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. Due to the rapid technological and scientific advances nowadays, the need to improve scientific literacy has become increasingly important for Arab citizens. YouTube is a Web 2.0 video-sharing platform, widely used by ordinary citizens-called “YouTubers”- to increase the public's …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/LK28FMSJ Abstract Since the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the news has been covering its rapid developments by the minute, while feeding the eager publics the information they seek regarding its origin, health-threats, symptoms, preventative measures, and global impact. It is thus of pressing …

Issue 28, summer/fall 2019 https://doi.org/10.70090/HES28CSN  “Science literacy is the artery through which the solution of tomorrow’s problems will flow” - Neil deGrasse Tyson Abstract Science is the social foundation that encompasses all facets of life, from educating individuals, to allowing them to make informed decisions in their daily lives. Science …