After researching on the internet for information on Texts and Narratives in the media, I came across this document about the theories behind certain texts and narratives. In Chapter 1 of the document, written by Helen Fulton, Introduction: The power of narrative, she opens with “In a world dominated by print and electronic media, our sense of reality is increasingly structured by narrative. Feature films and documentaries tell us stories about ourselves and the world we live in. Television speaks back to us and offers us ‘reality’ in the form of hyperbole and parody. Print journalism turns daily life into a story. Advertisements narrativise our fantasies and desires.”

I like how Fulton has talked about the idea that our realities are shaped by different forms of narrative. Examples of this that I can think of include certain documentaries such as David Attenborough’s ‘Life’ series in which he documents many different types of animals. This allows us to believe that there are those types of animals out there in the world without even seeing them with our own eyes. We learn about the realities of our worldwide fauna through a screen and we believe and accept that those animals exist.