A Comparative Analysis of a Shared (Inter)National Story: How Brazilian and US Presses Covered Sean Goldman’s Recovery

Journalists do not tell audiences the truth but versions of stories they understand to be true based on what they have seen and know. This comparative analysis of 41 US and Brazilian news reports investigates the first return of an international child abductee from the United States to Brazil and back: Sean Goldman. Framing theory along with the ideological level of the hierarchical model of news influences help clarify four salient latent news frames that arise when two somewhat similar nations with different press systems tell this (inter)national story: A game of high stakes; The muted prize; US citizen superhero; and Remember the press, forget the subject. That the players involved in the story come from the right race and class evidences how and why this one incident became a shared news event that rose to the highest offices of each land. More comparative studies about (inter)national journalistic practices and institutions are called for

Framing ideology: How Time magazine represents nationalism and identities through visual reporting

Visual images in news photographs guide individuals’ understandings of people, places and events, especially when news audiences are unable to personally experience those represented images. When 41 Time newsmagazine covers from the first five years of the U.S.-led war on Iraq are considered through a framing analysis, four frames surface: The Sanitized War, Against the Powers-That-Be; The American Soldier in a Time of War; and The "Other" of the War, or "Us versus Them." These findings highlight the power of media messages to frame identity ideologies and stress the importance of complementing quantitative studies with qualitative approaches. ----------------------------------------------------- Las imágenes periodísticas orientan la comprensión sobre individuos, lugares y eventos, especialmente cuando las audiencias no pueden experimentar personalmente aquello representado en la prensa. Al analizar 41 portadas de la revista Time de los primeros cinco años de la Guerra de Irak liderada por los Estados Unidos, se identifican cuatro encuadres: La guerra desinfectada, Contra el poder, El soldado estadounidense en tiempos de guerra y El otro en la guerra (Ellos contra nosotros). Estos hallazgos subrayan el poder de los mensajes mediales para enmarcar ideologías de identidad y destacan la importancia de complementar estudios cuantitativos con enfoques cualitativos

Framing Mandela: An (Inter)National Comparative News Analysis of the Iconic Leader’s Death

Few studies have investigated how the press covers political leaders’ deaths and the societal, cultural and political connotations of such coverage. Even fewer have tackled the topic when that leader is black. We use Framing Theory applied through an interpretive textual analysis to over 80 news articles from two South African and two Brazilian dailies to understand how Nelson Mandela—a black iconic leader—was framed in the 11 days straddling his death and death events. These two countries were selected, because South Africa was Mandela’s home, and Brazil has the largest Black population of any country outside of Africa. Additionally, both nations are locked in partnerships, including their participation in BRICS and IBSA. Comparing and contrasting seven emergent frames points to the need to consider the social construction of the collective memory of his death as pursuant to understanding Mandela’s legacy.   Até agora poucos estudos investigaram como a imprensa cobre a morte de líderes políticos, e as consequentes conotações sociais, culturais e políticas dessa cobertura. Ainda menos estudos abordam o tema quando se trata de um líder negro. Utilizamos a Teoria do Enquadramento, aplicada através de uma análise textual interpretativa a mais de 80 artigos de notícias de dois jornais sul-africanos e dois brasileiros para entendermos como Nelson Mandela - um líder icônico negro - foi enquadrado nos 11 dias entre sua morte e os eventos ao redor da mesma. Estes dois países foram selecionados, porque a África do Sul era a nação de Mandela, e o Brasil devido ao fato de ter a maior população negra de qualquer país além da África. Além disso, essas nações são parceiras já que fazem parte dos BRICS e IBSA. Ao compararmos e contrastarmos sete quadros emergentes dessa cobertura, apontamos para a necessidade de considerarmos a construção social da memória coletiva de sua morte como modo de compreendermos o legado da morte de Mandela.   Poco estudios han investigado cómo la prensa cubre la muerte de líderes políticos y las connotaciones societales, culturales y políticas de tal cobertura. Menos aún han abordado el tema cuando el líder es de raza negra. Usamos la teoría del encuadre (framing) y la aplicamos en un análisis textual interpretativo de más de 80 artículos de dos diarios sudafricanos y dos brasileños para comprender cómo Nelson Mandela –un icónico líder negro– fue encuadrado en los 11 días en torno a su muerte. Estos dos países fueron seleccionados ya que Sudáfrica era la patria de Mandela y Brasil tiene la mayor población negra de cualquier país fuera del continente africano. Además ambas naciones estás adscritas a alianzas, incluida su participación en BRICS e IBSA. La comparación y contraste de siete encuadres emergentes apunta a la necesidad de considerar la construcción social de la memoria colectiva de su muerte para comprender el legado de Mandela

Framing ideology: How Time magazine represents nationalism and identities through visual reporting

Visual images in news photographs guide individuals’ understandings of people, places and events, especially when news audiences are unable to personally experience those represented images. When 41 Time newsmagazine covers from the first five years of the U.S.-led war on Iraq are considered through a framing analysis, four frames surface: The Sanitized War, Against the Powers-That-Be; The American Soldier in a Time of War; and The "Other" of the War, or "Us versus Them." These findings highlight the power of media messages to frame identity ideologies and stress the importance of complementing quantitative studies with qualitative approaches. ----------------------------------------------------- Las imágenes periodísticas orientan la comprensión sobre individuos, lugares y eventos, especialmente cuando las audiencias no pueden experimentar personalmente aquello representado en la prensa. Al analizar 41 portadas de la revista Time de los primeros cinco años de la Guerra de Irak liderada por los Estados Unidos, se identifican cuatro encuadres: La guerra desinfectada, Contra el poder, El soldado estadounidense en tiempos de guerra y El otro en la guerra (Ellos contra nosotros). Estos hallazgos subrayan el poder de los mensajes mediales para enmarcar ideologías de identidad y destacan la importancia de complementar estudios cuantitativos con enfoques cualitativos