Imágenes de la guerra del Rif (1921-1927) en la prensa ilustrada. La fotografía como elemento comunicativo
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The Rif War (1921-1927) was covered in the press with an enormous amount of features and photographs. After the disaster at Annual (July, 1921), the different publications sent a large number of journalists and photo journalists to cover the “reconquering” and occupation of the territory. The photographs became a key communications element in the media and created an exceptional body of documentation. The purpose of this article is to analyze the photographs of the war appearing in six publications corresponding to the two leading news groups at the time: Prensa Española (Blanco y Negro and ABC) and Prensa Gráfica (Nuevo Mundo, Mundo Gráfico, La Esfera and El Sol). A total of 5,115 photographs have been recorded, most of them taken by a dozen top photo journalists, and it is clearly shown that the press offered a separate graphic report from the texts, which wielded a great deal of impact on public opinion.
Source: Historia y Comunicación Social
DOI: 10.5209/hics.79158
Author: Juan Miguel Sánchez Vigil
Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4200419735