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Storytelling and construction of knowledge. Framing & Frame Theory. Course Connection. To create and share stories is to be human. Stories : convey a culture’s memories entertain teach inspire What else?. Most stories are Framed . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Framing & Frame Theory
Storytelling and construction of knowledge
Course Connection
To create and share stories is to be human
Stories:
• convey a culture’s memories
• entertain
• teach
• inspire
• What else?
Most stories are Framed
They do not include every detail or possible detail of a real or imagined event
(information)
The have a particular point to make that is part of the criteria for what is included & excluded from a story
We are all framers!
They are constructed by and for people…like us!
“I had a great day at work.” Bumper stickers & T-shirt logos,
slogans etcHigh school yearbook picturesAdsNews reportsphotos
Some everyday frames
Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean
Summaries: “the movie is about a cursed pirate whose always getting into trouble
political cartoonsPhotos of a vacation
Some Everyday instances of frames:
To communicate & express: facts, feelings, ideas– everything!
To form judgmentsTo organize & coordinate with others
To accomplish tasks
We use frames everyday
To interpret and re-interpret info
To make decisions about our actions and utterances
To justify our decisions and judgments
Frames- job description
They don’t convey every possible fact or detail (framer probably doesn’t know the entire reality)
They choose what to include/exclude
How to include/exclude
Essential ingredients
More than one possible version of same ‘event’Different versions can all have some credibility/accuracyOften no single person or version can account for all that is true and real
Stories and people are complex!
Compared to real life, we can easily see how this film is systematically framed to be a fast-moving fantasy-adventure:
What’s framed in
What’s framed out: sleeping, meals, personal hygiene–
Why these omissionsCompressions: time, journeys
Pirates of Caribbean as frames
Portraits: common type of frame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Gm2jgHbhM
Sept 11 cartoons
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http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=politicalhumor&cdn=entertainment&tm=33&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&st=31&zu=http%3A//cagle.com/Iraq.asp
December 17 2003
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Osmani Simanca
Simanca is a Cuban-born cartoonist working in Brazil for A Tarde Newspaper. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons.
Apply our frame theory to this cartoonWhat is the artist
doing?What is the point the
artist is making by constructing this particular frame?
What’s the ‘story’?Does the cartoon’s
publication date reveal or suggest anything important about public knowledge of