Discursive Constructions in Televised News: The Case of Mindanao, Philippines

• Main Authors: Ladrido, Estelle Marie Macuja, Ponce, Ariel Robert
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: journalism; mediated communication; Mindanao; national identity; television news discourse; Communication; Journalism Studies; Social Influence and Political Communication; Television
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/comm-faculty-pubs/14; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=comm-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

News stories carry boundary setting language that constructs nations as homogenous imagined communities and furthers the us-vs-them metanarrative that separates those who belong to one nation from those who do not. However, it may be possible that boundary-setting representations may be applied to g...