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SusanaSalgado
Susana Salgado
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She is a postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp. She was a researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences, where she obtained a PhD in Political Sociology and taught political communication and media and politics. She was also a researcher at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University in the UK. With a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and a Master's degree in Social Sciences with the thesis "The Vehicles of Political Communication – A Study of an Electoral Campaign in the Media", she also worked as a journalist and communication consultant before devoting herself to her academic career.
Her work focuses on the impact of the media on democracy. She was recently vice-chair of a European working group set up to analyse the consequences of populist political communication on democratic life in Europe and the changes in communication systems and the media. She is currently working on comparative studies of the media and its influence on democratic and social construction in Europe, Brazil and Africa.

Last updated: March 2023
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