College: Fitzwilliam College听听听听听听听听听听听
Email: sne23@cam.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Bryan Cameron
Research Topic:听News as Activism: Communicating Armed Resistance in Wartime (a case-study of ABC, La Vanguardia, and El Pueblo during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939)
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About
Samantha received a Master鈥檚 in Communication from the University of Utah, a Master鈥檚 in Literary Translation from the University of Edinburgh, and completed her undergraduate degree in Portuguese and Comparative Literature at Smith College.
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Research听听听听听听听
Samantha鈥檚 PhD investigates the ideological framing of news coverage by those in the midst of extreme conflict. Specifically, she keys in on case studies of prominent Spanish periodicals of Republican Spain in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as she examines polemics of wartime journalism, multiculturalism, Spanish national identity, strategies of resistance, and international communication considered paramount in the narration of armed conflict. When confronted by the existential threat of imminent catastrophic defeat, news rapidly deteriorated in accuracy, integrity and objectivity. Samantha鈥檚听research explores the impact of violence and political discord on a fundamental democratic institution鈥搕he free press鈥搃n a divided nation at the centre of a transformative world conflict.
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Publications
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 2021
Edwards, Samantha N. 鈥淯nderstanding the Present through the Past: A Comparison of Spanish News Coverage of the 1918 Flu and COVID-19 Pandemics.鈥�
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Emergents, Publicacions Universitat Jaume I, 2020
Edwards, Samantha N. 鈥淚n Defence of the Republic: La Vanguardia鈥檚 plea for multicultural unity in the Spanish Civil War.鈥� Les ci猫ncies humanes i socials. Perspectives emergents per als reptes de les societats multiculturals.
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