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HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE THEM Political Cartoons
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Political Cartoons. How to understand and analyze them. What is a political cartoon?. A cartoon that makes a point about a political situation Can be funny, but often are not meant to be Think about current events Sway the viewer to the cartoonist’s point of view - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE THEM
Political Cartoons
What is a political cartoon?
A cartoon that makes a point about a political
situation
Can be funny, but often are not meant to be
Think about current events
Sway the viewer to the cartoonist’s point of view
Newspaper in the editorial section(LOC)
Commonly Used Persuasive Techniques
Symbolism
Exaggeration
Labeling
Analogy
Irony
(LOC)
Cartoonist Bias
Better understand cartoons
Spotting political bias
Making up your own mind
Recognize persuasive techniques in other
parts of the media(LOC)
Questions to ask yourself
What issue is this about? What is the cartoonist’s opinion?What other opinions exist?Is this cartoon persuasive? Why or why not? How could the cartoonist make this more
persuasive?
(LOC)
A Political Cartoonist’s Perspective
“Cartooning is an irreverent form of expression, and
one particularly suited to scoffing at the high and
the mighty. If the prime role of a free press is to
serve as critic of government, cartooning is often
the cutting edge of that criticism.” ~Herb Block
(Block)
Herb’s Explanation of Political Cartoons
A cartoon does not tell everything about a
subject
There are “no sacred cows”
Only focus on a subject if there is a point to
be made
No matter the political climate, there will
always be something of which to be critical
(Block)
Can you identify the persuasive techniques?
LABELING
SYMBOLISM
IRONY
ANALOGY
(LOC)
Can you identify the persuasive techniques?
EXAGGERATIO
NLABELING
SYMBOLISM
IRONY
ANALOGY
(LOC)
Can you identify the persuasive techniques?
LABELING
EXAGGERATIO
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SYMBOLISM
IRONY
ANALOGY
(LOC)
Can you identify the persuasive techniques?
ANALOGYIRONY
EXAGGERATIO
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SYMBOLISM
(LOC)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Block, Herb. Herb Block’s history: Political cartoons from the crash to the millennium (HBC). 2000. The cartoon by Herb Block. February 5, 2010.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/cartoon.html The library of congress (LOC). January 12, 2010. It’s no laughing
matter: Analyzing political cartoons. February 5, 2010.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactiv
ities/activities/political-cartoon/index.html.
