Discourse Analysis of the Egyptian Private Press Sites on the Government's Performance for Improving the Citizens’ Quality of Life

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Institute of Arab Research And Studies - League of Arab Academy

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The study aims to emphasize the supervisory role of the press through investigating and analyzing the elements of the press discourse and the reference frameworks on which private press sites are based. The study explores the evidentiary pathways on which the private press sites have relied in evaluating the Government's performance and reform policies for the society advancement and providing a decent life for citizens.
 
This study is a survey based on a discourse analysis approach applied to 190 newspaper articles published in four private Egyptian press sites: Al-Masry Al-Youm, Youm7, Al-Shorouk and the Al-Watan, during the 2022/2023 financial year.
The study concluded with a series of findings, the most important of which was that the economic development discourse was the first domain in the basic research and reference frameworks on which private press sites relied when assessing the Government's performance. Yet, those sites were not interested enough in monitoring citizens' suffering due to a low standard of living and high prices, together with the low value of the Egyptian currency and high unemployment. Unemployment increased because of the prolonged cease of construction and urbanization and the closure of a number of industrial facilities. Nevertheless, press sites were interested in suggesting solutions to many of the issues they addressed. Finally, the Government and the President of the Republic played an active role in improving the citizens’ life quality, unlike the other political parties and civil society organizations that did not have a strong role in this area.

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