"Dr. Ibrahim thank you,
I think the communicator of the environment has a role to play in disseminating knowledge and practices on climate change! debate should be initiated in African channels!"
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Alain Parfait commented on Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh's blog post Ups and Downs from Cape to Cairo: Journalisms Practice of Climate Change in Africa
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Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh posted a blog post
Fatal Attraction Between Poverty and Climate Change: More Than A Billion Lives in the Balance
According to the World Bank, there are currently over 1.4 billion people live at the poverty line. "Poverty" here is defined as an economic condition of lacking both money and basic necessities needed to successfully live, such as food, water, education, healthcare, and shelter. However, "poverty" may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs. Ironically, guarding economic growth is often the key consideration in…See More
Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh posted a blog post
Climate Change and Journalisms Practice: Ups and Downs
Abstract:Climate change reporting requires a different type of journalism from typical science reporting: challenging climate research. Scientists are usually frustrated that journalism does not explain how climate change and global warming would affect Earth's systems and, consequently, future generations of humans. In this heated debate, scientists argue that the task of informing the public about climate change should not be left to journalists, while journalists believe that scientists do…See More
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The climate change media narratives in the global south
Abstract:Since the early 1990s, virtually all developing countries have refused to adopt greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments in the name of fairness. In fact, the very suggestion that poorer nations limit their industrial growth has led to a hostile negotiating environment (2007). The absence of an effective global agreement that brings rich and poor nations together to protect the climate raises broad questions about the determinants of interstate cooperation related to transnational…See More
Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh posted a blog post
Surviving Dreams and Nightmares: Empowering the angry civil society & Understanding domestic violence in Africa
Saleh, I. (2010). Surviving Dreams and Nightmares: Empowering the angry civil society & Understanding domestic violence in Africa. A Project Funded by Carneige Research Development and University of Cape Town, South Africa. Alliance of Civilizations: Media Literacy Clearing House.…See More
Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh posted a blog post
Media Climate Change in Egypt: A continuous dialogue of the deaf
If the Mediterranean, along with the world's other seas, will rise between one and three feet by the end of the century, the ocean will flood vast coastal areas along the Nile Delta (Johnson, 2007). Richard Alley, a geo-sciences professor at Penn State University, says that even a minimal sea rise over the next century would have serious consequences for Egypt and could flood a quarter of the Delta, forcing about 10% of Egyptians to migrate from their homes.Omran Frihy, a coastal researcher in…See More
Profile Information
- What is your name?
- Ibrahim
- What organisation do you work for?
- Convenor of Political Communication at the University of Cape Town (UCT) & Chair of Journalism Research and Education at the International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR)
- What country are you based in?
- South Africa, but I am Egyptian
- Please summarise your areas of climate-change expertise (in terms of subjects and geographical areas)
- Media coverage of climate change, especially in Africa and the Middle East. My interest is to analyse the media narratives, voices, frames and actors,
- What is your telephone number?
- +27-718852373
- Do you have a Skype account?
- No
- Which languages can you give interviews in?
- Arabic and English
- What is your website address?
- http://isaleh.uct.ac.za/IbrahimSaleh/Biography.html
- Please use this section to introduce yourself in more detail so the administrator can decide whether to approve your membership
- The different Egyptian media have marginalised and ignored the reality of "global warming", with a closer look at the social and political context in which the media operates, and a consideration of its functions, regulation and ownership helps to see through this paradox. This global concern and need for action on climate issues contradicts the increasing levels of democratisation and opportunities for citizen participation in many parts of the developing world. However, this experience remains incomplete as a result of the media deficiency that has further escalated the differential knowledge crisis between individuals in higher and lower socio-economic strata. This widening social differentiation of knowledge often favours the existing power relations, and it is one of the major obstacles for better communicating the challenges of climate change.
Media and Global Climate
A new transnational study on climate change funded by University of Oslo & University of Bergen in Norway & university of Tampere in Finland.
Global Climate: Local Journalisms, A Transnational Study of How Media Make Sense of Climate Change, edited by Elsiabeth Eide, Risto Kunselius & Ville Kumpu in the Global Journalism Series editors Oliver Hahn & Roland Schroeder, Vol.3, Summits, DIE UNTERNEHMER-HOCHSCHULE, Projekt Verlag, Boch.
Climate change is a unique challenge to global governance and regulation. As a global problem calling for unforeseen level of coordinated action it is the paradigmatic case to look for and encourage the emergence of transnational or global public spheres, i.e. networks of communication flows through which global and national civil society actors – including journalists – interact with representatives of states and international political bodies.. Traditional mainstream journalism still plays a major role in the production of moments and largely national spaces of communication in which the effective ”public spheres” with all their shortcomings is constructed. Emerging transnational political processes and institutions (such as the series of global climate summits from Kyoto to Copenhagen) provide unique possibilities for journalists to overcome the routinely nationalistic and local instincts of their professional practices. This paper compares some of the press performance in the coverage of these summits in thirteen countries with a particular eye for the way news media around the world ”domesticate” climate change negotiations and claims about needed action. Furthermore the first quantitative and qualitative results from the ongoing research project (Media Climate) mapping the Bali summit (2007) and the Copenhagen summit (2009) are presented.
This pioneer comparative study involves (19 countries) and includes Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil,Canada, Chille, China,Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden,USA.
Global Climate: Local Journalisms, A Transnational Study of How Media Make Sense of Climate Change, edited by Elsiabeth Eide, Risto Kunselius & Ville Kumpu in the Global Journalism Series editors Oliver Hahn & Roland Schroeder, Vol.3, Summits, DIE UNTERNEHMER-HOCHSCHULE, Projekt Verlag, Boch.
Climate change is a unique challenge to global governance and regulation. As a global problem calling for unforeseen level of coordinated action it is the paradigmatic case to look for and encourage the emergence of transnational or global public spheres, i.e. networks of communication flows through which global and national civil society actors – including journalists – interact with representatives of states and international political bodies.. Traditional mainstream journalism still plays a major role in the production of moments and largely national spaces of communication in which the effective ”public spheres” with all their shortcomings is constructed. Emerging transnational political processes and institutions (such as the series of global climate summits from Kyoto to Copenhagen) provide unique possibilities for journalists to overcome the routinely nationalistic and local instincts of their professional practices. This paper compares some of the press performance in the coverage of these summits in thirteen countries with a particular eye for the way news media around the world ”domesticate” climate change negotiations and claims about needed action. Furthermore the first quantitative and qualitative results from the ongoing research project (Media Climate) mapping the Bali summit (2007) and the Copenhagen summit (2009) are presented.
This pioneer comparative study involves (19 countries) and includes Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil,Canada, Chille, China,Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden,USA.
Dr. Ibrahim Mostafa Saleh's Blog
CfP-Global Media Journal, African Edition
The Global Media Journal, African Edition invites submissions for its next issue with a theme of media and governance in Africa. This issue is primarily focused on ways and means of addressing the issues of governance in Africa and how its application can be subject to wars as well as socio-political or economic crises.
Within this theme "media and governance in Africa," the GMJ, African Edition encourages research papers addressing the challenges facing > the Africa media…
ContinuePosted on January 23, 2013 at 4:35
Ups and Downs from Cape to Cairo: Journalisms Practice of Climate Change in Africa
- Saleh, I. (2012). "Ups and Downs from Cape to Cairo: Journalisms Practice of Climate Change in Africa," In Eide, E & Kunelius, R. (eds) Media Meets Climate. Gothenburg: Nordicom, Sweden, pp.47- 63.
Today, information about global warming and climate change is readily available to average global citizens who watch TV news, and are able to see satellite pictures of changes in ocean temperatures, or of glaciers melting. However, the public risk perception affects…
ContinuePosted on January 23, 2013 at 4:23 — 1 Comment
African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI)
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 18:40
Fatal Attraction Between Poverty and Climate Change: More Than A Billion Lives in the Balance
According to the World Bank, there are currently over 1.4 billion people live at the poverty line. "Poverty" here is defined as an economic condition of lacking both money and basic necessities needed to successfully live, such as food, water, education, healthcare, and shelter. However, "poverty" may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs. Ironically, guarding economic growth is often the key consideration in…
ContinuePosted on November 1, 2011 at 19:09
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