Referential framing connects communication media with?

Referential framing links communication media to reality, presenting media content as pointing to and standing for the actual world.

The referential dimension is the message oriented toward its object, so framing of this kind claims to represent real events, people and facts.

Tying it to a fantasy world reverses its purpose, since referential framing anchors content in the real rather than the imagined.

Self regulation concerns internal control of conduct, not the outward pointing of media toward reality.

Morality disruptions describe ethical breakdowns and have nothing to do with the referential function of framing.

Jakobson placed the referential function at the core of messages built to convey information about the world.