Sumaya Alnahed

Dr Sumaya Alnahed

Associate Professor in Journalism
London School of Film, Media and Design
sumaya.alnahed@uwl.ac.uk

Dr Sumaya Alnahed is an Associate Professor in Journalism and Course Leader for BA (Hons) Journalism and BA (Hons) Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Her research mainly involves analysis of news media representations, through an evaluation of the impact of social, political, and cultural influences on news production.

Her research interests include framing analysis, Middle Eastern news, coverage of elections, social movements and social change, and representations of diversity and inclusion in mainstream media. Some of her research has covered the Arab Uprisings, Al Jazeera, the BBC, Brexit, and the Coronavirus.

Teaching

Dr Alnahed teaches on BA (Hons) Journalism and BA (Hons) Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Her teaching focusses on areas of representation, diversity and inclusion, global media and politics, and comparative news media analysis. This includes some of the following modules:

  • Principles of journalism
  • Global media systems
  • Project (journalism)
  • Representation and diversity in the media

Research

  • Research and publications

    Selected peer-reviewed journal articles:

    Alnahed, S. (2022); The BBC and Covid 19: The Politicisation of a Pandemic? Media and the Covid 19 Pandemic: Framing Public Discourse; Routledge

    Alnahed, S. (2018); Breaking the Language Barrier? Comparing TV news frames across texts in different languages; Special Issue: Framing War and Conflict; War, Media, and Conflict, Dec. 2018.

    Alnahed, S. (2016); Framing the Libyan Uprising: A Comparison between Al Jazeera Arabic’s and BBC Arabic’s Coverage of the 2011 Uprising and the Ensuing NATO Intervention; Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, April 2016; 9 (1).

    Alnahed, S. (2015); Covering Libya: A Framing Analysis of Al Jazeera’s and the BBC’s Coverage of the 2011 Libyan Uprisings and NATO Intervention; Middle East Critique, May 2015 (24.3).

  • Conferences

    Alnahed, S. (2024) The Implications of Political Messaging and Newsroom Diversity on Mediating Anti-Racism Protests in 2020; ECREA: Journalism Studies Section Conference“Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in and through Journalism”;University of Sheffield; April 2024

    Alnahed, S. (2021) Framing Racial Injustice: Covering Black Lives Matter in the UK; Future of Journalism Conference; Cardiff University; September 2021  

    Alnahed, S. (2016); A Question of Language? A Comparative Analysis of BBC Arabic and Al Jazeera Arabic’s Coverage of the 2011 Libyan Uprising and NATO Intervention; Exit Velocity; The Culture Capital Exchange; University of West London

    Alnahed, S. (2014); Covering Libya: A Comparative Study of Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Arabic, BBC Arabic and BBC World News; British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES); University of Sussex.

    Alnahed, S. (2013); Comparing Al Jazeera: A Framing Analysis of Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic Coverage of the 2011 Libyan Uprising; Media, War and Conflict; Royal Holloway University of London.

  • Research degree supervision

    Dr Alnahed is interested in supervising PhD students with research focusing on the following areas:

    • Framing analysis
    • Social media and mainstream news media
    • International news and politics
    • Representation and diversity in news media

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