Frame-Analyses as a Decision Maker in Children’s Literature: on the Nature of Sociological Inquiry

Abstract

The subject of children’s literature is approached through sociological research. In the article the discourses of parents and experts about children’s books are analyzed. Two opposing frames are identified: conservative and liberal. They determine the preferences in choosing works of children’s literature. Frame-analyses (R. Entman) and theory of social construction of reality (P. Berger, T. Luckman) are used as theoretical and methodological apparatus of this investigation.

Keywords: sociology, frame-analysis, children’s literature