The Representation of the U.S.-Mexico Border in Television News: Textual Analysis on Bodies and Security Enforcement
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https://doi.org/10.29105/gmjmx15.29-12Keywords:
media representation, television news, U.S.-Mexico border, textual analysisAbstract
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 u sing textual analysis on TV reports, I aim to show how local television network news in the United States (NBC) and Mexico (Televisa) construct the representation of the U.S./Mexico border through a particular conflicting vision to account for border enforcement andinterventions on both sides and with similar visual strategies. The analysis centers on actual“visual text” or television news reports, which tries to demonstrates how assumptions guide theactivity of local network coverage, and how, at the same time, limits what the news reports, andconsequently contributes to the perpetuation of a representation related to “crisis” in the borderregion.
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