editorial cartoons..., how does it help communication? Options

[jUz_cAnDy]

okay guys.. i need your help here... how do you think editorial cartoons help communication especially during wars or some other issues?

[angel-roh]

From the news I guess? If that's what you meant to ask >.<;;;;;;

[jUz_cAnDy]

i mean how does it help inform people?

[RandomHero]

I had to do something like this last quarter in history. Um, they help inform people of what's going on in the world without having to watch the news. It gives people a new perspective on the topic that it's on. Am I helping or hurting?

[jUz_cAnDy]

you actually helped thanks RandomHero!!! well, i found this quote from Boss Tweed during the whole Tammany Hall thing i gues... he told Nast "Stop them d*** pictures, I don't care so much what the papers write about me. My constituents can't read. But d*** it, they can see pictures" yup it prooves a lot....

[Saeglopur]

Subliminal messages.

[xsweetxcandyx]

i think there just there for laughs

[anger_is_my_frie...]

yeah i think its main purpose is just to show an opinion by making you laugh, but i don't take them seriously especially cuz i take politics seriously.. and also, did you know that the comics that draw these have a law to go through(like do's and don'ts when submitting to newspapers) to avoid suing and controversy. i read about it during the elections, people get uber-offended when artists draw mean comics.

[winsome]

political cartoons are an outlet for satire and the opinions of the cartoonist... they can cause things like this:
in the 'gilded age' of american history, the mid-late 1800s, 'Boss' Tweed had all kinds of (negative) influence over politics inside of NYC's Tammany Hall. A cartoonist Thomas Nast, i think, drew a cartoon of him that pointed out his corruption and was printed everywhere. People got angry and indicted him, so he fled to France. A porter @ the French hotel recognized tweed from the cartoon, contacted authorities and he went to prison! i think there's more to that story. oh well... google it LoL

[jUz_cAnDy]

political cartoons are an outlet for satire and the opinions of the cartoonist... they can cause things like this:
in the 'gilded age' of american history, the mid-late 1800s, 'Boss' Tweed had all kinds of (negative) influence over politics inside of NYC's Tammany Hall. A cartoonist Thomas Nast, i think, drew a cartoon of him that pointed out his corruption and was printed everywhere. People got angry and indicted him, so he fled to France. A porter @ the French hotel recognized tweed from the cartoon, contacted authorities and he went to prison! i think there's more to that story. oh well... google it LoL

wow.. i read this in some book but Tweed didnt go to France but to Spain

[ladymahogany87]

I had to do something like this last quarter in history. Um, they help inform people of what's going on in the world without having to watch the news. It gives people a new perspective on the topic that it's on. Am I helping or hurting?

Yeah I agree with you because I know that I don't read the newspaper much, but I always like editorial cartoons because they give you insight to different opinions without having to read entire editorials and they also can influence public opinion about what is important to be thinking about and what isn't.