Frame story

its multiple uses of enframed narratives. The layering of stories adds new meaning to the various tales of The Arabian Nights by bringing up new questions. In every story one reads, one finds themselves asking why Shahrazad would tell such a story, what kind of message is this tale giving Shahriar, and why bother telling another story within an already enframed story. However, The Arabian Nights is not alone in its use of the enframed story. Works inspired by The Arabian Nights use their own enframing

not impossible to connect the stories to each other. The stories’ contents are different – The Turn of the Screw is a Gothic ghost story, whereas “Death by Landscape” is a more psychological story of a woman who tries to deal with a childhood trauma, namely the death of her friend –, but there are some aspects in which the stories are similar. Both texts have an open ending, which is particularly interesting in terms of building up the ‘unresolved’ suspense of the story. The suspense created in the

“All children mythologize their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind, and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth; it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.” – Vida Winter, Tales of Change and Desperation (Setterfield). The two novels The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield, and Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte were written decades apart, yet they have similar elements. Wuthering Heights is a work of

Frames are important because they help us emerge into a world or culture which we might not be familiar with. Frames help us understand the different perspectives people have. It is important to note that frames come from language. In his book “Words that Work”, Frank Luntz describes frames as the “context” of any message (Luntz, p.26). He goes on to say that context, or framing, is important because it explains the “why” of a message: “without context, you cannot establish a message’s value, its

Have you ever seen a story in the news that has been told multiple ways depending on which news station you were tuning in to? This tends to happen very often in the news industry and why this happens is because of framing. Framing is a way to present certain content in a way to guide an audience’s interpretation along certain lines. How the news does this is by having the gatekeepers, which are the people in charge decide which group of facts are most important to share to the public to help promote

country's reporters made the coverage, they used different media frame to manipulate the audience's understanding of the

Raise The Red Lantern is a film that follows the story of Songlian, a young university student forced to become the concubine of a feudal lord after the death of her father. Songlian is the fourth mistress to the Master and has the most trouble assimilating to the domestic life of servitude that is expected of her. The harsh traditions and expectations present in the manor are made clear through Yimou Zhang’s use of framing. The vastness of the manor is assumed however Zhang choses to show limited

Framing The Truth: Analyzing News Stories When presenting news stories, framing is an essential part of telling a factual story. While pure objectivity is impossible, certain techniques journalist acquire can provide for a more unbiased article. Delving into a more specific case study regarding the different aspects of framing, the two articles presented come from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Guardian. The topic of both articles concern the cancellation of the UC Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos

well as how they present their reports are often consistent with their host countries interests, but it is my belief that differences occur when reporting on similar issues in foreign countries. The goal of this research is to discover how media frame stories differently with respect to geography, and to unearth possible patterns and themes in framing while exposing and explaining any anomalies. This leads to the main question of how do media outlets adjust their framing when reporting on domestic versus

Using frames has the risk of finding only the frames I am unconsciously looking for. I might tend to find conventional or stereotypical ways of looking at the content. I try to avoid that by always reflect on my work and try to find different ways to look at it. Three kinds of framing exist. First, a frame can be used to select and exclude parts. Second, frames can also be used to set a tone for issues or events. The presentation or interpretation of events can change through the chosen frames. And