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Basyouni Hamada

College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University

Basyouni Hamada is Professor of Communication and Public Opinion in the Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University. Previously, he served as Dean and Deputy Dean for a number of colleges of mass communication. His articles have appeared in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism Studies, Journal of International Communication, Journal of Development Communication, Journal of Global Media and Communication, Journal of Arab and Muslim Communication Research, Global Media Journal and the Egyptian Journal of Communication Research. His teaching and research focus on the interdisciplinary areas of communication and journalism including communication theories, political communication and public opinion, journalism ethics, press freedom, Arab media transformation, the Islamic perspective of communication, journalists autonomy. He is a member of the Worlds of Journalism Study and Journalism Students across the Globe as well as several communication societies and research projects. Professor Hamada has established and reviewed numerous journalism and mass communication programs and currently serves on several editorial boards of international refereed journals.

1books edited

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Basyouni Hamada

This book provides a new theoretical framework of determinants that interact together in five hierarchical levels to restrain or produce corruption. The theory suggests a multilevel analysis that tests hypotheses regarding the relations of journalism and corruption within each level and across levels in international comparative research designs. Corruption as the abuse of power for private gain is built into the journalistic, economic, political, and cultural structures of any society and is affected by its interaction within the international system. The important questions of how differences in corruption across countries can be explained or what makes it more or less in a particular society and how press freedom and social media contribute to the fight against corruption are still unanswered. This book represents a significant contribution on the way to answer these critical questions. It discusses a variety of journalism-corruption experiences that provide a wealth of results and analyses. The cases it examines extend from Cuba to Algeria, India, Saudi Arabia, Sub-Saharan African, Gulf Cooperation Countries, Arab World, and Japan. The primary contribution of this book is both theoretical and empirical. Its details as well as the general theoretical frameworks make it a useful book for scholars, academics, undergraduate and graduate students, journalists, and policy makers.

Off and Online Journalism and Corruption

Off and Online Journalism and Corruption

Edited by Basyouni Hamada

Chapters authored

Social Media: A Turning Point into Global Journalism Identity and Ethics

By Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada

Social media are growing drastically representing a further step in the ongoing deterioration of journalism profession and ethics. The lines between professional journalists and amateurs have been blurred; consequently, the structure of news media has substantially changed affecting the core traits of the profession and its ethics. This phenomenon has challenged the already disputed concepts of journalism as profession and journalists as professionals. While this challenge is tremendous, research on its implications to journalism identity and ethics is scant. The existing literature focuses on new or digital media usage, newsgathering, production, dissemination, and consumption, with little emphasis on journalism ethics or the profession itself. This chapter seeks to examine how social media contribute to the ethical dilemmas off and online journalism encounter and how this transformation puts the profession at risk.

Part of the book: Social Media and Journalism

Journalism and Corruption: Toward a Hierarchical Universal Theory of Determinants

By Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada

Journalism is thought by many scholars to have an immense effect in controlling corruption. However, they do not know the conditions under which its performance brings about positive results in some countries while serving to protect corrupt policies and corrupt policy makers in some other countries. Journalism combats corruption through its content, freedom, structure, independence, ownership patterns, diversity, ethics, and professionalism, all of which demonstrate significant variations across cultures and nations. As a social institution, journalism does not work in a vacuum. Its impact is heavily determined by a variety of interacting variables characterizing both the nation system and international system in which it operates. The purpose of this chapter is to develop a hierarchical universal theory of journalism-corruption determinants. The theory perceives corruption act as an outcome of a continuous interaction between five hierarchical levels. They are: (1) journalistic level, (2) economic level, (3) political level, (4) cultural level, and (5) international system level. In general, each level has many sublevels interacting with each other to bring about an effect on corruption that could be negative or positive, minor or major, and finally in one domain or multiple domains. The suggested theory is based on a critically assessment revision of the current literature in several disciplines. The ultimate purpose is to create linkages capable to explain corruption, predict it, direct the future studies, and finally contribute to reducing it.

Part of the book: Off and Online Journalism and Corruption

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