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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483052903321

Autore

Schmid Johannes C. P.

Titolo

Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics / / by Johannes C.P. Schmid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030633035

3030633039

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels, , 2634-6389

Disciplina

070.4

741.5355

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - Influence on mass media

Documentary films

Journalism

Popular Culture

Comics Studies

Documentary Studies

Visual Journalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Comics Framing and the Construction of Facts -- 2. Framing Actuality: Frame Theory, Graphic Narrative, and (Post-)Documentary -- 3. Material Framing: The Paratext -- 4. Visual Framing: From the Line to the Multiframe -- 5. Narrative Framing: Storytelling, Structures, and Perspectives -- 6. 1. Conclusion: Redrawing Boundaries in the Digital Age.

Sommario/riassunto

Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics explores how graphic narratives reframe global crises while also interrogating practices of fact-finding. An analog print phenomenon in an era shaped by digitalization, documentary comics formulates a distinct counterapproach to conventional journalism. In what ways are ‘facts’ being presented and framed? What is documentary honesty in a world of fake news and post-truth politics? How can the stories of marginalized peoples and neglected crises be told? The author



investigates documentary comics in its unique relationship to framing: graphic narratives are essentially shaped by a reciprocal relationship between the manifest frames on the page and the attention to the cognitive frames that they generate. To account for both the textuality of comics and its strategic use as rhetoric, the author combines theories of framing analysis and cognitive narratology with comics studies and its attention toward the medium’s visual frames.