The Representation of the U.S.-Mexico Border in Television News: Textual Analysis on Bodies and Security Enforcement

• Autores: David González Hernández
• Localización: Global Media Journal México, ISSN-e 1550-7521, Vol. 15, Nº. 29, 2018, págs. 217-238
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La representación de la frontera México-Estados Unidos en las noticias televisivas: Análisis textual sobre cuerpos y seguridad reforzada
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  • español

    Este artículo analiza cómo las noticias de televisión han sobredimensionadola representación de la frontera de Estados Unidos y México en temas deinmigraciónde manera "espectacular" y relacionada con un discurso de"guerra". A partir del análisis textual de noticias televisivas, mi objetivo es demostrar cómo las noticias de cadenas de televisión local en los Estados Unidos (NBC) y México (Televisa) construyen unarepresentación de la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y México a través de una particular visión conflictiva para dar cuenta de la seguridad, el orden e intervención en la frontera, con estrategias visuales similares. El análisis se centra en el "texto visual" oen los reportajesde noticias de televisión, que intenta analizarlassuposiciones guían la actividad de la cobertura y cómo, al mismo tiempo, limita lo que se informa en las noticias. Esto, en consecuencia, contribuye a la perpetuación de una representación relacionada con la ̈crisis ̈dela región fronteriza.

  • English

    This article analyzes how television news has enhanced the role of representation of the UnitedStates-Mexico border in themes such as immigration, represented in “spectacular” ways related to “warfare.”By using textual analysison TVreports, I aimto show how local television network news in the United States (NBC) and Mexico (Televisa) constructthe representation of the U.S./Mexico border through a particular conflicting vision to account for border enforcementand interventions on both sides andwith similar visual strategies. The analysis centers on actual “visual text” or television news reports, which tries to demonstrateshow assumptions guide the activity of local network coverage, and how, at the same time, limits what the newsreports, andconsequently contributes to the perpetuation of a representation related to “crisis”in the border region.

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