Dr Dalia Elsheikh
- 01202 965467
- delsheikh at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9540-6948
- Senior Lecturer in Journalism
- Weymouth House W334, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Dr Dalia Elsheikh is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She completed her doctorate in Political Communication at Bournemouth University in 2017.
Her research interest includes the study of campaign communication with emphasis on both the professionalisation and its impacts upon citizen engagement in nascent democracies. She is currently working on a research project studying the culture movements in the Egyptian public sphere assessing their impact on the democratisation of Egypt. She is also interested in journalism studies.
Dr Elsheikh is the author of “campaign professionalism during Egypt’s 2012 presidential election” which presents the first analytical study of the levels of professionalism of campaigns in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections. The book also evaluates the application of the professionalization index to nascent democracies, and the impact of campaign professionalism on such democracies.The book encourages further studies within similar fragile democratic systems as well as offering campaigners practical guidance when approaching future elections...
Dr Elsheikh worked as a journalist for more than 16 years. She is a member of the National Union of Journalist (NUJ) and was NUJ Rep from 2009-2019.
moreFavourites
- Elsheikh, D. and Lilleker, D.G., 2019. Egypt's feminist counterpublic: The re-invigoration of the post-revolution public sphere. NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Campaign Professionalism during Egypt’s 2012 Presidential Election. Springer.
- Lilleker, D., 2017. Evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee 'Fake news' inquiry presented by the Faculty for Media & Communication, Bournemouth University.. Bournemouth University.
Journal Articles
- Elsheikh, D., Jebril, N. and Jackson, D., 2024. Assessing media roles in Egypt: A journalistic perspective on liberal media functions. Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies.
- Elsheikh, D., Jackson, D. and Jebril, N., 2024. Revisiting the Hierarchy of Influences on Journalism in a Transitional Context: When the Social System Level Prevails. International Journal of Communication.
- Elsheikh, D. and Lilleker, D., 2024. Egyptian political conversations on Clubhouse: Proto-public sphere at the age of the pandemic. Interactions (Journal) Studies in Communication & Culture, 13 (1).
- Elsheikh, D., Jackson, D. and Jebril, N., 2024. Journalism in Transitional Context: Societal Hostility, Self-Censorship and the Expansion of “One Voice Journalism”. Journalism Practice.
- Elsheikh, D., Jackson, D. and Jebril, N., 2024. The Power of Numbers: Four Ways Metrics are Transforming the News. Digital Journalism, 12 (8), 1165-1183.
- Elsheikh, D. and Lilleker, D.G., 2019. Egypt's feminist counterpublic: The re-invigoration of the post-revolution public sphere. NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY.
Books
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Campaign Professionalism during Egypt’s 2012 Presidential Election. Springer.
Chapters
- Elsheikh, D., Jebril, N. and Jackson, D., 2023. Democratising the Media: Media Reform and the Future of Journalism in Egypt. Media and Democracy in the Middle East. 130-146.
- Coman, I.A., Elsheikh, D., Gregor, M., Lilleker, D. and Novelli, E., 2021. Introduction: Political communication, governance and rhetoric in times of crisis. 1-15.
- Elsheikh, D., 2021. Egypt: Emotional Speech and Complicated Reality. In: Lilleker, D., Coman, I.A., Gregor, M. and Novelli, E., eds. Political Communication and COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis Edited By Darren Lilleker, Ioana A. Coman, Miloš Gregor, Edoardo Novelli. Routledge.
- Elsheikh, D., 2021. Egypt: Emotive speech masks a complicated reality. Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. 177-187.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Introduction to Studying 2012 Egyptian Election. Political Campaigning and Communication. 1-38.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. The 2012 Presidential Election in Egypt. Political Campaigning and Communication. 39-62.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Campaigns’ Structures and Strategies. Political Campaigning and Communication. 63-155.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Analysing the Campaigns in Light of Their Professionalisation. Political Campaigning and Communication. 157-228.
- Elsheikh, D., 2018. Conclusion: The Impact of Campaigns’ Professionalism on the Democratisation Process in Egypt. Political Campaigning and Communication. 229-277.
Reports
- Lilleker, D., 2017. Evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee 'Fake news' inquiry presented by the Faculty for Media & Communication, Bournemouth University.. Bournemouth University.
Theses
- Elsheikh, 2017. Campaign professionalism and the ‘birth’ of democracy. Analyzing the 2012 first multi-candidate presidential election in post-revolutionary Egypt. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Media and Communication.