The narrative construction of everyday reality. A review from the media frames

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https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n18a6

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Quotidian reality, media frames, communication, narration

Abstract

The main aim of this scientific essay is to present an overview about “media frames”, and to question the link between media discourse and quotidian reality. Firstly, we explain some key scientific concepts and we refer to relevant literature about ontological basics of quotidian reality. Secondly, we put into consideration, the subjective, communicative and narrative condition of reality, sometimes undervalued by some theories. Thirdly, we analyse the incidence of the media discourse in the construction of reality. Fourthly, we underlined the scope of “media frames”, both in the configuration (creation) and in the refiguration (reception) of media narratives. The general conclusion we have reached is that this field of study still raises interesting challenges and questions that should be investigated.

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  • Salomé Sola Morales, University Santiago de Chile

    Salomé Sola-Morales holds a PhD in Media, Communication and Culture by the University of Barcelona (Spain), where she has been researcher and teacher since 2007 to 2013, and in the International University of Catalonia during 2013. She is currently Associate Professor at the School of Journalism at the University de Santiago de Chile. She is Lecturer of Theory of Communication IV and Seminar of Degree I and II, and School Research Coordinator. She has been also Visiting Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (2014) and at the Universidad de Sevilla (2016), where has been taught at the Master of Communication and Culture. She has been main researcher of Dicyt Project on Political Identity, Participation and Youth and co-researcher of the Chilean team in the international project “The World of Journalism Project”. Her articles and essays on identity, body, politics and their relationship with the media have been published in magazines, such as Cultura, Language and Representation, Doxa Communication, IC Journal, History and Social CommunicationMediaciones SocialesTabula Rasa, Chasqui, Athenea, Poliantea, Estudosem Comunicaçao, Ars Brevis or Cinta de Moebio and by publishers, such as Peter Lang and Praeger/ABC-CLIO California.

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Sola Morales, S. (2014). The narrative construction of everyday reality. A review from the media frames. Doxa Comunicación. Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication Studies and Social Sciences, 18, 121-140. https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n18a6
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