Political Cartoons

Nynfxn_1
timer Asked: Feb 24th, 2018

Question Description

It is time to practice analyzing political cartoons. Complete the following steps for your assignment:

  1. Visit Five Decades of Herblock on The Washington Post web site.
  2. Select 1956–1965, and then select 1966–1975. For both selections, read the essays and view the five political cartoons associated with each decade:
    • Determine the issue of the respective historical moments that each of these cartoons critiques.
    • Note which visual elements (the actual drawing, including the layout and design) and verbal elements (the text, including titles and captions) are combined to produce particular meanings and effects in each cartoon.
  3. Select any five political cartoons from the Herblock collection. For each of the political cartoons you choose, write a paragraph analysis that does the following:
    • Identifies the vice, issue, or institution that the cartoon satirizes.
    • Analyzes the visual and verbal elements that combine to produce meaning and effect.
    • Identifies the elements of satire the creator uses. Refer to the list of elements above and those listed in the slideshow.
    • Evaluates the effectiveness of the satire. Are the cartoonist’s techniques effective? Why or why not?

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

This question has not been answered.

Create a free account to get help with this and any other question!

Similar Content

Related Tags

Brown University





1271 Tutors

California Institute of Technology




2131 Tutors

Carnegie Mellon University




982 Tutors

Columbia University





1256 Tutors

Dartmouth University





2113 Tutors

Emory University





2279 Tutors

Harvard University





599 Tutors

Massachusetts Institute of Technology



2319 Tutors

New York University





1645 Tutors

Notre Dam University





1911 Tutors

Oklahoma University





2122 Tutors

Pennsylvania State University





932 Tutors

Princeton University





1211 Tutors

Stanford University





983 Tutors

University of California





1282 Tutors

Oxford University





123 Tutors

Yale University





2325 Tutors