Given investigative journalism's purpose of providing accountability and exposing wrongdoing of governments and business, this study examines whether changes in political circumstances due to the Arab revolutions have given rise to the production of more investigative reporting, whether Arab journalists have the same understanding of the meaning of investigative journalism as their western coun…
The shifting political landscape in the Middle East and North Africa have riveted the world's attention and drawn media scholars' scrutiny to the 'Arab Internet' at large. Despite this attention, research on the 'Arab Internet' has not received its due, and it is even more limited when it comes to exploring online news and journalism. Scholarly works and mainstream media commentary on the subje…