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Editorial Cartoons: An Introduction

What is an editorial cartoon.

• Newspaper editorial cartoons are graphic expressions of their creator’s ideas and opinions. In addition, the editorial cartoon usually, but not always, reflects the publication’s viewpoint.
• Editorial cartoons are based on current events. That means that they are produced under restricted time conditions in order to meet publication deadlines (often 5 or 6 per week).
• Editorial cartoons, like written editorials, have an educational purpose. They are intended to make readers think about current political issues.
• Editorial cartoons must use a visual and verbal vocabulary that is familiar to readers.
• Editorial cartoons are part of a business, which means that editors and/or managers may have an impact on what is published.
• Editorial cartoons are published in a mass medium, such as a newspaper, news magazine, or the Web.
• Editorial cartoons are tied to the technology that produces them, whether it is a printing press or the Internet. For printed cartoons, their size at the time of publication and their placement (on the front page, editorial page, or as the centerfold) affects their impact on readers. The addition of color may also change how readers respond to them.
• Editorial cartoons differ from comic strips. Editorial cartoons appear on the newspaper’s editorial or front page, not on the comics page. They usually employ a single-panel format and do not feature continuing characters in the way that comic strips do.
• Editorial cartoons are sometimes referred to as political cartoons, because they often deal with political issues.  

What tools does the editorial cartoonist use to communicate ideas and opinions with readers?

• Caricatures are drawings of public figures in which certain physical features are exaggerated. Caricatures of Richard M. Nixon often show him as needing to shave.
• Stereotypes are formulaic images used to represent particular groups. A stereotypical cartoon mother might have messy hair, wear an apron, and hold a screaming baby in her arms.
• Symbols are pictures that represent something else by tradition. A dove is a symbol for peace.
• Analogies are comparisons that suggest that one thing is similar to something else. The title of a popular song or film might be used by a cartoonist to comment on a current political event.
• Humor is the power to evoke laughter or to express what is amusing, comical or absurd.  

How can an editorial cartoon be evaluated?

• A good editorial cartoon combines a clear drawing and good writing.
• A good editorial cartoon expresses a recognizable point-of-view or opinion.
• In the best instances, the cartoon cannot be read or understood by only looking at the words or only looking at the picture. Both the words and the pictures must be read together in order to understand the cartoonist’s message.
• Not all editorial cartoons are meant to be funny. Some of the most effective editorial cartoons are not humorous at all. Humor is only one tool available to editorial cartoonists.

Editorial cartoons provide a window into history by showing us what people were thinking and talking about at a given time and place. Today’s editorial cartoons will provide the same record of our own time.

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"Political cartoons, unlike sundials, do not show the brightest hours. They often show the darkest ones, in the hope of helping us move on to brighter times." —Herb Block

Analyzing a Cartoon

• Look at the cartoon and think about the people, items, actions portrayed, and words within the drawing.
• Who is in the cartoon? Can you identify specific people? How do you know who the people are? If you can't identify specific people by name, who might the people portrayed represent?
• Whose story is being told? How would the cartoon change if it were told from a different point of view?
• Break the cartoon into quadrants. What details do you see in each quadrant?
• Top left:               Top right:             Bottom left:       Bottom right:
• What objects (tools, signs, vehicles, furniture, technology, etc.) are in the cartoon and why are the objects important?
• What can you figure out about the setting (time--year or decade, place), and how do you know? Why is the setting important?
• You learn about characters from what they do and say and how others react to them. What can you learn about the people in the cartoon from these things?
• Are any symbols used in the cartoon? What are they and what do they symbolize?
• Why are the symbols important?
• Are there any metaphors in the cartoon? What are they?
• What information does the caption provide? Does it support the drawing or provide a different perspective?
• What can you infer from this cartoon? List evidence to support your answer.
• What is the viewpoint of the artist? How do you know (list evidence from the cartoon to support your answer)?
• What questions does the cartoon raise in your mind? Where might you find answers to those questions?

Other Sources:

News Literacy Project:  Power in Art: The Watchdog Role of Editorial Cartoonists  (includes video with Lalo Alcaraz)

Video -  How to Make an Editorial Cartoon - The New York Times

Library of Congress: Cartoon Analysis Guide

Opper Project's: Reading an Editorial Cartoon

NIEonline and AAEC : Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

National Archives: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

Teaching History: The Cartoon Analysis Checklist

ReadWriteThink.org: Editorial Cartoon Analysis

Classroom Law Project: Political Cartoon Analysis Guide and Worksheet

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Brief History of the Editorial Cartoon

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This historical sketch of the editorial cartoon considers terminology; evolving technology; the risks, rewards, and restrictions in news media; and the reach and role of the art form today.

Terminology

Editorial and political cartoons derive from satirical art, which may be as old as humanity.  Some prehistoric cave art features irreverent human forms (Hess, p. 15); in ancient Egypt an anonymous artist mocked King Tutankhamen’s unpopular father-in-law; later artists criticized Cleopatra (Danjoux 2007); Greek plays and vases anthropomorphized human excess, as in lecherous satyrs; Roman art lampooned behaviors in real or mythical characters like Bacchus, the debauched wine god; in Pompeii, a Roman soldier drew graffiti on his barracks wall mocking a centurion (Hess, p.15); in ancient India, caricatures attacked political elites as well as Hindu gods (Danjoux 2007); Gothic gargoyles decorating medieval churches present caricatures exaggerating human traits.   

Whatever the label or medium, satire questions motives, skewers hubris, and invites others to do the same.

In art history, the word cartoon is a noun or verb tracing to the Renaissance, deriving from the Italian word la carta for paper or map. An artist made a full-scale preparatory sketch, or cartoon, for any medium: sculpture, tapestry, mosaic, stained glass work, or painting. Michelangelo made cartoons before painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome.

The Oxford English Dictionary (1971) records a reference to the noun in 1863 as “a paper comic of current events,” and as a verb in 1887,” to caricature or to hold up to ridicule.”

In modern journalism, the editor of the Columbia Encyclopedia , Paul Lagasse, defines a cartoon as “a single humorous or satirical drawing, employing distortion for emphasis, often accompanied by a caption.” The editorial – or political – cartoon relies on caricature, stock characters, and cultural symbols to become a “propaganda weapon with social implications” (p.486) — a tool to influence public opinion.  The measure of a cartoon’s success is the force of its idea, rendered clearly and resonating beyond its subject of the moment. The artistry is secondary to the message, which should lay bare behavior and character (Press, p.19).  In the 18th century, Johnathan Swift wrote advice in a poem to fellow-satirist William Hogarth, “Draw them so that we may trace/All the soul in every face” (Hess, p.16).

Artists were always free to draw their own ideas on hand-printed single sheet cartoons. They were independent and could reach a limited and random audience, yet their offended victims could easily destroy single sheets. The 15th century brought a pivotal change: the Gutenberg printing press in Mainz, Germany facilitated printing large volumes of news sheets and images, instead of one painstaking original. The resulting term, the press, became an agent of mass communication and signaled danger to those in power.

In Renaissance times, the press produced so-called broadsheets for wide distribution, conveying news and commentary through metaphor and caricature (Danjoux, 2007), accessible even to illiterate audiences. Political cartoons had the power to incite revolution. Radical ideas could transcend borders and compel the masses to challenge religious authorities – like the 16th century German Reformation breaking from the Catholic Church – and political rule – like the 18th century American colonies revolting against the English King George III. By the 19th century, broadsheets evolved to newspapers circulating throughout Europe and the US (Ibid.).

Risks and Reach

Independent voices are vital to a democracy, and editorial cartoons provide a way to dress down the powerful and challenge the status quo. Yet, politics is a risky realm, and editorial cartoonists risk reprisal in all settings.

In early 19th century France, the lithographer Honore Daumier was an ardent champion for the oppressed peasant class. Publishing his editorial cartoons in numerous publications, Daumier repeatedly lambasted King Louis-Phillippe for exploiting laborers. His cartoons portrayed the King as a bloated pear, and a grotesque giant “Gargantua,” feeding off the toil of his people. The king first fined, then imprisoned the artist, and finally banned political cartoons altogether (Cronin, 2008).

An independent artist was vulnerable financially and politically, but a publication could provide more security. By the mid-19th century in America, newspapers regularly featured editorial cartoons to engage readers and influence public opinion. Major political newspapers featured cartoons expressing publisher’s views. As artists welcomed a steady paycheck, they also sacrificed independence and deferred to the editors’ direction. Consequently, artists shared the risk of reprisal yet broadened their reach through editors and publications.

Around the Civil War, Harper’s Weekly hired political illustrator Thomas Nast, who is sometimes called the "Father of the American Cartoon." Nast pitched a campaign via cartoon to expose William M. “Boss” Tweed, and his corrupt Democratic New York City political machine known as Tammany Hall. Nast’s drawings rendered the Boss’ portly figure, tweedy suit, and signature diamond stickpin, with a sack of money in place of his head. Tweed’s giant figure towered over police who couldn’t touch him. The public was blasé, trusting the government to manage crime.

Tweed, who routinely bribed officials to indulge his crimes, recognized Nast posed a threat: “Stop Them Damn Pictures. I don’t care so much what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see pictures.”

Boss Tweed’s henchmen tried to bribe Nast – offering him $100,000 to study art in Europe – but Nast continued his attach until his cartoons incited the public to vote Tweed’s cronies out of power.  Tween died in prison in 1878 (Hess, p.13).

On a darker level, editorial cartoonists’ barbs can imperil the publication and human life. The Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published cartoons mocking celebrities and religions of all kinds, including the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Those cartoons prompted protests from Muslims around the world — and ultimately violent retaliation.

In 2011, the office was firebombed. Then, in early January 2015, terrorists stormed the office firing automatic assault rifles, killing 12 people, including the editor and two police officers. The assailants shouted, " Allahu Akbar !" God is most great , a Muslim declaration of faith.

French President Francois Hollande called for national unity, increased security for media organizations, and vowed, “Freedom is always bigger than barbarism. Vive La France” (Vinograd, Jamieson, Viala & Smith, 2015).

Benjamin Franklin, Join, or Die. 1754

Tools of the trade: characters and symbols

Artists not only drew actual people, but also created stock characters and relied on symbols to convey their message. Benjamin Franklin created the first American newspaper cartoon in 1754, entitled “Join, or Die,” depicting the eight colonies as a snake divided in eight pieces. The snake image reappears in every conflict through the Revolutionary War. The Virginia Colony’s Culpepper Minutemen also employed a snake as an emblem of unity, “Liberty or Death. Don’t tread on me” (Press, p. 209).

A century later in the 1870s, Thomas Nast popularized the US political symbols of Democratic donkey and Republican elephant (Stamp, 2012). America has been portrayed as a native-American Indian, an eagle (Press, p.212), leggy Uncle Sam, or stalwart Lady Liberty; England as a lion (Press, p. 210), or a jovial character named John Bull (Press, p.214); the Red Cross has been personified as a goddess-like nurturing woman; the New Year as an infant.

In early 20th century Rochester, New York, John Scott Clubb invented Joel Baggs to render a humble citizen, an elderly hayseed, while Clubb and colleague Elmer Messner both conjured a broader world view through their figure Globe Head.

20th century British artist Carl Giles ran political cartoons in the Daily Express newspaper, featuring a fictional family whose quirky Grandma comments on contemporary national and world politics.

Recognition and role today

The Pulitzer Prize, established in 1917, first awarded a prize for current efforts for Editorial Cartoons in 1922, to Rollin Kirby of New York World (Press, p.196).

The 19th and early 20th century was a golden age of newspapers, before they faced competition from new media like radio and television (Clune, p.241). Multiple papers favored different political parties. The press offered partisan, editorial commentary through word and illustration by paid staff.

As papers grew – through takeovers like Frank Gannett’s emerging empire in New York – so did their readership broaden, shifting the media’s mission to objective news reporting, with less editorializing and more entertainment. To avoid offending a widening, multi-cultural audience, publications grew more commercial, so as to sell the news rather than comment on it (Danjoux, 2007).

In the 1930s, syndication allowed editorial cartoonists to broaden their range again. A publication, an independent writer, or artist could sell work to other publications.

By the 1990s, the digital age opened a new frontier to the media, to quickly and cheaply reach a limitless audience.  Editorial cartoonists stepped away from the editor's edict. Through the World Wide Web, artists reclaimed their independent voice and emerged as global freelancers.

Today, amidst a plethora of views and voices on the Web, some besieged leaders dismiss an inconvenient challenge as fake news. Yet, whatever the platform and perils, editorial cartoons have the power to deflate hubris, uncover deceit, incite revolution, dethrone a bully. Whether addressing epidemics, economics, or elections, editorial cartoons surmount language and cultural barriers to speak truth to power.

As history repeats and patterns emerge, two maxims fortify the independent voice: The pen is mightier that the sword, and, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Hess, S. Kaplan, M. (1975). The Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons . New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

Lagasse, P. (Ed). (2000). The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.). Madison, WI: Columbia University Press, 486.

Miranda, L-M. (2019, Dec.). “What Art Can Do: The Power of Stories That are Unshakably True.” The Atlantic. 112- 114.

The Oxford English Dictionary (1971). New York: Oxford University Press

Press, C. (1981). The Political Cartoon . London: Associated University Presses, Inc.

Stamp, J. (2012, October 23). “Political Animals: Republican Elephants and Democratic Donkeys.” Retrieved from http://www.smithsonianmag.com

Vinograd, C., Jamieson, A., Viala, F. & Smith, A. (2015, Jan 7). Paris Magazine Attack. Retrieved from https://www.nbcnews.com

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Analyzing Political Cartoons This 1-page teacher guide offers questions for students who are analyzing political cartoons. From the U. S. Library of Congress, requires Adobe Reader for access.

Captions: Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words Students analyze a variety of political cartoons and examine their impact as a persuasive medium. This unit plan includes assessment.

Creating Cartoons: Art and Controversy Introduction and samples of political cartoons from the U. S. Library of Congress.

A "defining moment" in editorial writing Students will be introduced to the definition mode of writing. Students will learn to define a particular subject by responding in an editorial format. Students will first compose an editorial graphic organizer, which will aid in composing a completed editorial using the writing process. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.

Double Take Toons This cartoon series from NPR offers a conservative and a liberal editorial cartoon on the same current event. Students can compare and contrast use of detail, point of view, and more.

Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by Herblock Herbert Block published his first cartoon in 1929, starting a career that continued until 2001. This online exhibit features both rough sketches and finished cartoons with a variety of themes.

Herblock and Editorial Cartooning Lesson plans and student handouts related to democracy, education in America, presidents, the environment, and civil rights.

It's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons Political cartoonist Bill Mauldin's career spanned more than 50 years. Here, students use his cartoons about World War II and the Civil Rights Movement to develop skills of analysis.

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index A lively site with links for editorial cartoons from around the world.

TIME Cartoons of the Week Cartoons for the week, links to Quotes of the Week, Pictures of the Week, and Photo Essays.

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Here are the 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoons

If you read The New Yorker, you’ve probably already seen this year’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoons.

On Monday, Barry Blitt won a Pulitzer for his political illustrations, which frequently criticize President Donald Trump and his administration. Blitt’s work regularly appears on the cover of The New Yorker and the op-ed page of The New York Times.

Since 1992, Blitt has contributed more than 100 covers to The New Yorker, where he’s a contributing cartoonist and illustrator. Some of his most iconic work uses humor to criticize the Trump administration, such as illustrations that show the president belly-flopping into a pool and giving a press briefing in the nude.

But Blitt’s success as a cartoonist goes back further than Trump.

His illustrations for The New Yorker were named Cover of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2006 and 2009. The first award was for a cover called “Deluged,” which was published in September 2005 — a month after Hurricane Katrina — and shows members of the George W. Bush administration meeting during a flood in the Oval Office. The second award was for a July 2008 cover called “The Politics of Fear,” which portrays Barack and Michelle Obama dressed as Islamic extremists to satirize the political attacks against them during the presidential election.

There were three finalists for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. They include Lalo Alcaraz for his Latinx perspective on local and national issues, Matt Bors of The Nib for criticism of the Trump administration and moderate Democrats, and Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher for a portfolio that addresses Trump and Baltimore politics. Bors and Kallaugher were previously named Pulitzer finalists in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

Below are a few examples of Blitt’s work for The New Yorker over the past year. For more, check out his website and book .

A cartoon by Barry Blitt. https://t.co/jiicJy3TUR pic.twitter.com/umG7cfjaJq — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 12, 2019

“Donald Trump Dreams of Golf in Greenland” by Barry Blitt. https://t.co/0QqfKW8UcI pic.twitter.com/0G8KVfZF17 — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 24, 2019

An early look at next week’s cover, “Whack Job,” by Barry Blitt. https://t.co/BeqIKP0Xwh pic.twitter.com/CyFUGQxGxO — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 27, 2019

In today’s cartoon by Barry Blitt, the aftermath of the Mueller report: https://t.co/qmOXDgxar2 pic.twitter.com/0EvwswVCaT — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 25, 2019

An early look at next week’s cover, “The Shining,” by Barry Blitt. https://t.co/KVWteOZfAX pic.twitter.com/FsevJqnTq9 — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 23, 2019

Barry Blitt’s guide to shadow puppetry in 2020. pic.twitter.com/EZzaRD3HFk — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 24, 2020

In the latest installment of Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook, Donald Trump’s new rank. pic.twitter.com/Y46bvsjO6c — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 25, 2019

An early look at next week’s cover, “All That Money Can Buy,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/zKFwmlHNgP pic.twitter.com/pPuB0tuGHH — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 21, 2020

In the newest installment of Blitt’s Kvetchbook, Barry Blitt illustrates some scenes from the Trump impeachment hearings. https://t.co/bqXxfz5m5s pic.twitter.com/51Bq3kT3Rn — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 22, 2019

In this week’s installment of Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook, a State of the Union surprise from Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/5IPIVZdiSG — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 4, 2020

The cover for this year’s Anniversary Issue, “Origin Story,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/xDobncvGl7 pic.twitter.com/ssZzcm6ZcW — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 10, 2020

The latest installment of Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook features a really enhanced interrogation. pic.twitter.com/AzcdAw30aM — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 1, 2020

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Advanced Composition Editorial Cartoon

We will write several of these brief papers on editorial cartoons or other graphics during the course.   There is a cartoon at the bottom of this page.  Look at it quickly, then read the instructions here, then go back and examine the cartoon carefully and write the paper.  It should be from 500-750 words.

Editorial Cartooning: Unlike the comics on the "funny pages," political or editorial cartoons have, for well over a century, been a respected means for expressing opinions on events, personalities, and issues in the public debate. Today a Pulitzer Prize is awarded annually for Editorial Cartooning. Such cartoons are not meant primarily to entertain or to generate humor. Rather, their purpose is to make pointed commentaries on subjects of public interest in an interesting and arresting manner. Thus, they appear on the editorial pages of newspapers, magazines, and other publications rather than in pages devoted to entertainment.

Generally we think of editorials as being text, but the political cartoon makes its editorial comment with a graphical display, primarily with pictures, usually including some text either as a caption or as dialogue. The effective cartoonist provides enough information in the cartoon to give the viewer a clear idea of the subject or issue and what the view on that subject the cartoonist has. The cartoonist has a topic and a thesis. In other words, the cartoon provides the answers to the questions, "What’s the topic?" and "What’s the point?"

The Essay: For this essay, your task is to define the topic and the point of a political cartoon. You will write an essay explaining the point of the cartoon and how the cartoon expresses the opinion of the cartoonist—What does the cartoon "say"? How does it "say" it? Having done that basic task, the most effective essays may go beyond those minimum expectations and provide some commentary and context for the discussion. That is, having defined the position of the cartoonist, you may want to define your own position on the subject and support and explain that.  

There are some minimum expectations for the essay itself. It should have a title. It should begin with an introduction that generates interest and identifies your topic. It should make a clear statement of your thesis (for example, "The cartoonist suggests that people don’t care as much as they claim to about violence in the media.") It should include a detailed description of the cartoon in order to support your thesis. It should mention the name of the cartoonist. If you include your own views on the subject, they should appear separate from the description and not detract from it. The ending should provide a sense of closure. The essay should have few, if any, grammatical or mechanical errors. The best essays will show evidence of planning and display a variety of sentence types and a careful attitude about word choice and phrasing.

Assume that your audience is a general reader who has not seen the cartoon . Begin by examining the cartoon carefully and making notes on what you plan to cover in the essay. Make a plan! Keep it between 500 and 750 words. 

Write the essay in the word processor, save it to your hard drive, and copy the essay into an email message to me (no attachments) before midnight.

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We started collecting cartoons in the last days of the Keating supremacy. We used them to chronicle how the wheels fell off during the 1996 election campaign and that serial failure John Howard (once written off in a Bulletin headline as “Mr Eighteen Percent. Why does this man bother?”) won in a landslide.

Howard found that the times did indeed now suit him, and he swept aside Keating’s “Big Picture” as Peter Nicholson so poignantly captured while asking what might be its replacement.

After a slow start, PM Howard captured the nation’s mood for a decade, and the cartoonists chronicled it all with their customary wit and insight. His demise was multifaceted but Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight’s memorable cartoon reminds us of Melbourne Cup day early on in campaign 2007, when he depicted the once invincible PM reduced to a poo sweeper, courtesy of the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates.

Back in the 1990s, writing about cartoons involved a budget for buying newspapers, scissors, and a good spatial memory. It also involved proud and liberal use of the phrase “our great black-and-white art tradition”. Metropolitan and national newspapers were big, prosperous things, only just beginning to come to terms with colour.

The house cartoonists (there were often several) were central to their paper’s ethos, often “the most read thing in the paper”. We never had any real empirical evidence for “the most read” assertion, but we made it often and no one ever demurred. Political cartoons were at the centre of a clearly defined media landscape.

When Howard defeated Keating, television set the daily political agenda, but the longer threads of debate were dominated by newspapers, especially the opinion-rich broadsheets. One of Howard’s most effective innovations was to use talkback radio to avoid the filter of “elite” hostility he perceived as dominating newspapers and the ABC, but the internet was a fringe space, not yet more significant than community radio. The opinion pages of newspapers were the dominant forum for serious political discussion, and at their heart was the visual terrorism of cartoons and illustrations – attracting eyes, conflating issues, and distilling images of politicians and their policies.

Every day they provided comic commentary on the politicians we elect to rule us, and often they managed darker and more serious satire. The engagement was robust and sustained – for example, Bill Leak’s response to the GST policy that Howard took to the 1998 election was to draw him with 10% more lip, and that is largely how many remember him. Great comic artists spoke in sometimes savage shorthand to the major issues of the day, in the major crucible where those issues were thrashed out. They were uniformly powerful and humane in their response to the Howard Government’s asylum seeker policies, for example.

The cartoonists doing the distilling were Tandberg, Leunig, Mitchell, Coopes, Alston, Leak, Petty, Cooke, Spooner, Brown, Nicholson, Wilcox, Rowe, Knight, Tanner, Pryor, Moir, Leahy, Atchison. It was a stable list then, and changed only incrementally until just recently.

The last hurrah

For the 2016 campaign, painful in so many ways, was also the last hurrah for four great cartoonists of our era. Bruce Petty, John Spooner and Peter Nicholson retired from regular cartooning and earlier this year, Bill Leak died suddenly. We write, therefore, in long-term appreciation of the wit they have brought to our public life. We also must comment on how radically the media landscape has changed around them.

Retirements and even death are in the natural order of things, and all these men leave substantial bodies of work. What makes their departures epochal is the fact that none has been fully replaced at their newspapers. They certainly haven’t been replaced by the group of female cartoonists whose eventual appearance we used to predict when asked “what about the women?” It’s a good question but we, like cartoonist Fiona Katauskas , have no clear answer except to say, it’s a blokey world on the editorial floor . Katauskas puzzles over the matter in her New Matilda article A woman walks into a bar and in recent correspondence observed:

Another theory I have is that it’s the comedy thing. It’s not the politics thing- women are very well represented in political journalism. Comedy of all kinds- whether it be writing, performing or standup- is a different matter. These professions are also largely male-dominated and the myth that women aren’t funny helps to exclude them or discourage them from trying to break in.

The last cartoons of the four greats at their long-term papers are a varied bunch. The two Age cartoonists left with reflective works during the phoney electoral war that marked the early months of 2016.

Petty shuffles off to the old cartoonists’ home with an evocation of the prime ministers back to Menzies that he had drawn, and a celebration of that scarcely balanced spaceship, democracy. Or is it, instead, a money-dominated plutocracy with the politicians owned by cigar-chomping money-men? With Petty things are always more complicated, never resolved. Since he first drew for Murdoch’s Daily Mirror in 1962, Petty has sustained a powerful and precise critical eye on our travails as a nation, ever sharp and avuncular.

Spooner is, by contrast, blunter. He strands a menagerie of his bêtes noires – Turnbull, Shorten, Trump, trickle-down economics, climate alarmism, etc – on the island. He draws himself walking way in disgust, immodestly on top of the water. And the words remind us that cartoons tell truth to power in ways power would rather not hear.

The two cartoonists at the Australian left in full flight. Peter Nicholson really has been the pre-eminent cartoon commentator on current events, perhaps with Geoff Pryor of the Canberra Times and now the Saturday Paper. He bowed out unobtrusively with this pre-publicity for a black-tie boxing night at Melbourne’s exclusive Australian Club. However, if you read his cartoons over time, you are wittily apprised of what has been going on, and get a brilliant first draft of history. It’s easy to do at Nicholson’s immaculate archive of his work .

Bill Leak was always much more the wild man than Nicholson, and his last cartoon would have caused a controversy had he lived long enough for the predictable outrage to build. He was always after the harsh, prophetic laughter of satire, that moment of shock when you are made to see something you’d rather ignore. Here he presents the NSW Education Minister as cheerfully beheaded in a controversy over Islamicist radicalism at a Sydney High School. It is elegantly drawn and ruthless.

Much banality and pompous self-congratulation has been written about the “larrikin tradition” in Australia. Leak was the real thing , however, a much tougher thing than Paul Hogan throwing another shrimp on the barbie.

David Rowe’s contributions for the Australian Financial Review’s readership often enough reflect the cut through nature of the cartoon when set alongside the verbiage of so much political commentary. Here we find a wonderful evocation of Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting The Scream as a parody on our experience as citizen voters confronting the long campaign Prime Minister Turnbull figured would be good for him, and good for us.

A loss of centrality

The more recent arrivals – David Pope, Jon Kudelka, Matt Golding, First Dog on the Moon and the like – are all fine and deserving artists in their own rights, but professional political cartooning is as blokey an activity as it ever was.

The younger men are entering a tougher world. Cartoons are still being published, but there is more syndication and (we hear) piecework, so the number of artists with regular jobs is shrinking. It is a clear index of the fact that Australian newspapers are not what they were at the turn of the century, let alone what they were when the departed cartoonists joined them in the 1960s and 70s.

The Fairfax newspapers, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, are no longer the essential forums for debate and investigative journalism. For the editorial cartoon in Australia and beyond, this is a problem. As a mode of critical and satirical art, it is particularly well-acclimatised to the printed newspaper, in a way that has not translated well online.

The cartoonists that held sway on newsprint opinion pages lack power and impact several clicks behind the first screen in the increasingly dominant web editions. They lack power because they lack the simultaneous visual context a reader gets in scanning a printed newspaper. While it would be ridiculous to assert that visual satire is disappearing in the digital age, one of the great satirical achievements of the mass media era especially in Australia, the editorial cartoon, is losing its centrality.

This is not a consequence of any waning of satirical power in the cartoons themselves. We are confident that we have demonstrated this strength again in the cartoon chronicle we’ve authored looking at the 2016 campaign. But it is a significant consequence of changing formal and economic models in media, changes that scarcely existed in embryo when we started looking at cartoons.

Two decades ago, we could validly treat the cartoons as an index of comic and satirical commentary on the campaign. Television and radio satire existed in some places, but were hard to capture and impossible to reproduce in our academic work; the cartoons told quite enough of the story and were seen by close enough to “everyone” to be representative of a dissenting view of the carnival of hypocrisy that parades during election campaigns.

The cartoons tell just as good and memorable a story now, but have become a niche in a multi-faceted media landscape rather than the public thing (res publica) they once were. Internet memes, Twitter, mash-ups, Facebook feeds, and a range of other social media make it impossible for students of political satire and comedy to consolidate a corpus for analysis. As a consequence, newspaper cartoons are no longer major components of the central forum that they were in the era of mass media.

As cartoon scholars, we experience this change as loss, though the spirit of caricature and satirical commentary is clearly healthy elsewhere in the media and finding modes of expression for the future. One major trend is the move to longer form caricature, either through animations and collages, or through strip cartooning like that of First Dog on the Moon in the Guardian .

The regular gigs still tend to focus on stationary images, however. Animations as political satire are proving a hard model to crack, as no-one seems willing to foot the bill to sustain high-quality, animated daily satire. Meanwhile, editorial cartoons inhabit an increasingly marginal place in an increasingly fragmented and fractious media landscape.

But their capacity to tell truth to power, demonstrate that the kings and queens of political life have no clothes, and to entertain the public remains undiminished. While this particular mode of satirical representation may be in retreat before the forces of digital media, graphic satire is not going to die while it has such fit meat to feed on.

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Are you a cartoonist or a journalist who needs political cartoon ideas? Do you want interesting political cartoon essay ideas for your assignment? Well, have a look at this blog post. Especially, to help you out, here, we have presented a list of amazing political cartoon ideas, themes, and political cartoon essay topics. In addition to that, for beginners, we have shared a brief overview of political cartoons and also explained how to sketch a political cartoon.

Continue reading and get fascinating ideas for creating a political cartoon.

What is a Political Cartoon?

A Political Cartoon or Editorial Cartoon is a cartoon that is created to present a point or a statement about a current political issue or event. It will be usually found near the editorial columns of the daily newspapers. Even you can find this type of cartoon on political websites and news magazines.

The main purpose of a political cartoon is to make readers laugh and trigger them to critically think about current political issues in a different manner. Also, it helps to spread information to society about current events and allows them to generate critical opinions.

In general, the political cartoon is characterized by metaphorical and satirical language. Mostly, political cartoonists will make a point about a certain political event of the day like a funny joke by drawing cartoons of public figures or politicians. Some powerful persuasive techniques that political cartoonists use the most are labeling, analogy, symbolism, irony, and exaggeration.

Learn How to Make a Creative Political Cartoon

The following are simple and effective steps that you need to follow to draw a persuasive political cartoon or a comic.

• Firstly, pick a unique idea for your political cartoon. Especially, to generate political cartoon ideas, you can look at some examples. Also, you can view already published political cartoons and know about the common elements and themes used in them.
• Secondly, analyze the political issue you have chosen and identify what message you want to say and how you want to say it to your readers.
• Thirdly, find out what symbolism you want to use in your political cartoon. For example, to represent the USA, Eagles are used.
• Fourthly, figure out what exaggerations to use. For example, when you insert a caricature of a politician, to highlight the unique features they possess, you can use any exaggeration. This will help your readers to easily recognize the person.
• Next, note what needs to be labeled. Labeling important elements in your comic will increase the impact of your message and make the narrative clear. But do not overuse them.
• Identify what analogy to use in your comic. Using analogies will help your readers understand the message easily and view the issue from a different perspective.
• Once you have planned your comic, create a rough draft for it.
• Next, using a pencil, sketch the outline of your political cartoon.
• After sketching, add dialogues in your comic to present your message.
• Finally to make your comic stand out, color your comic using colored pencils, ink, crayons, or any other coloring tool that is comfortable for you. Note that, the colors you use can carry meaning. For example, blue can be used to represent the Democratic Party of the United States.

Get Feedback

After you have created your political cartoon or a comic, share it with your friends or relatives and get their feedback. Mostly, by sharing your work with others, you can determine whether they understood the message you conveyed in your comic or not. Also, you can improve the quality of your work based on their comments.

Lastly, once everything looks perfect for you, you can submit your political cartoon or comic for publishing.

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Know How to Find the Political Cartoon Idea for an Essay

To create an essay on a political cartoon, a good topic is necessary. In case, you are unsure how to come up with a unique Political Science Assignment Help cartoon topic idea for your essay, follow the below-mentioned tips.

• Choose a topic that is interesting for you. But remember, the political cartoon essay topic that you select might be argumentative or persuasive.
• Pick a topic that contains a wide scope of discussion.
• Give preference to a topic that contains numerous examples and credible sources of reference.
• Select a topic that allows you to share your opinions freely.
• Go with a topic that is unique and informative.
• Finalize the political cartoon essay topic only if it matches the essay writing guidelines shared by your instructor.

List of Political Cartoon Essay Topic Ideas

In this section, we have presented a wide range of captivating political cartoon essay ideas and fascinating political cartoon essay topics . Feel free to go through them all and choose any idea that fits you perfectly.

Simple Political Cartoon Ideas

• Create a political cartoon on health care reform in the US.
• Sketch a political cartoon on Trump’s healthcare amendments.
• Make a political cartoon on the right to privacy.
• Create a satiric cartoon on American Politics.
• Sketch a political cartoon on Indian Politics.
• Analyze the political cartoons of Dr.Seuss.
• Discuss how children’s cartoons are politicized.
• Analyze political cartoons in different countries.
• Write about the political cartoon on the events of the Berlin Aircraft.
• Analyze the political cartoon ‘School Begins’.

Popular Political Cartoon Ideas

• Sketch a political cartoon on the Washington Post.
• Create a political cartoon on Obamacare.
• Make a political cartoon on the Russia – Ukraine War.
• Compare two political cartoons.
• Analyze the rhetoric behind a political cartoon.
• Discuss the importance of political cartoons.
• Analyze the political cartoons from the art of persuasion.
• Discuss the common symbols used in political cartoons,
• Explain the political impact of political cartoons.
• Analyze Granlund’s political cartoon.

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Interesting Political Cartoon Ideas

• Explain the power of political cartoons in shaping public opinion.
• Analyze the use of humor in political cartoons.
• Write about gender representation in political cartoons.
• Analyze the role of satire in political cartoons.
• Explain the use of symbols and metaphors in political cartoons.
• Are political cartoons a tool for social change?
• Explain the role of caricature in political cartoons.
• Discuss the cultural and regional variations in political cartoons.
• Write about the satirical techniques used in political cartoons.
• Discuss the ethics of political cartooning.
• Analyze the role of irony and satire in political cartoons.
• Gary McCoy’s Political Cartoon as Visual Argumentation
• Analyze the political cartoon of Mike Likovich.
• Political cartoons from the crash to the millennium.
• Explain how a cartoonist uses visual rhetoric to show discrimination in political cartoons.

Captivating Political Cartoon Essay Topics

• Are political cartoons an important historical source?
• Analyze the political cartoon’s representation of Native American discrimination.
• Examine McCarthyism in political cartoons and its relationship to the crucible.
• Explain how Kirk Anderson uses symbols, imagery, and humor in his political cartoons.
• Discuss the irony behind Henry Payne’s political cartoon.
• Explain what political cartoons tell us about the US foreign policy during the Reagan years.
• Discuss the political control monopolies hold over Congress in Joseph Keppler’s political cartoon.
• Join or Die: A political cartoon from Philadelphia in 1754.
• Analyze the political cartoon “Love the Police”
• Examine the political cartoon on Transnational Corporations.
• Discuss the negative issues caused by political cartoons.
• Examine political cartoons on the Scope of the Monkey Trial.
• Explain the influence of American Political Cartoons.
• Analyze the political cartoon of Elian Gonzalez’s Removal.
• Compare the political cartoon of Liberals and Conservatives Thurgood Marshall, Jr.

Amazing Political Cartoon Topics for Essays

• Prepare a rhetorical analysis essay of a 2016 political cartoon about journalism threats.
• Compare the political cartoon on the death of Obesity and the death of tobacco use.
• Analyze the symbol of a red hat with a white font in the political cartoons of David Horsey.
• Compose an essay about political cartoons on Imperialism.
• Analyze the use of symbols and humor in Kirk Anderson’s Political Cartoon on Technology taking over employment
• Explain the role of cartoons in Early American Politics.
• Analyze a political cartoon on the Transnational Corporation.
• Examine the irony behind the political cartoon of Henry Payne.
• Analyze Bob Engelhart’s cartoon about Ron Paul’s campaign.
• Analyze a political cartoon of the GOP war on Voting.

Excellent Political Cartoon Essay Ideas

• Examine a political cartoon concerning the presidential election.
• Are political cartoons a popular subgenre of media?
• Examine a political cartoon concerning the scholastic achievement test.
• Write about the political caricatures from the 1800s.
• Analyze the themes of personal responsibility and social responsibility in a political cartoon.
• Write about free expression in political cartoons.
• Describe the functions and roles of editorial cartoons.
• Analyze how the cartoonists use visual rhetoric and political illustrations.
• Examine the evolution of political cartoons in a changing media environment.
• Analyze the rhetorical devices used in political cartoons.

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Outstanding Political Cartoon Essay Topics

• Write about the usage of satirical techniques in political cartoons.
• An oversimplification of drugs to death in a political cartoon.
• Analyze the political cartoon on Republican
• Do Indian political cartoons create a big impact?
• Analyze the political cartoons from World War I.
• The parallels between Thomas Nast and political cartoons.
• Discuss the mayor and the police department in political cartoons
• Analyze a controversial Indian political cartoon.
• Analyze how the dynamic progress of women’s rights in Canada is shown in political cartoons
• Examine the political cartoons of World War II rhetoric.

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Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoon

The artifact that I chose for my rhetorical analysis is a Political Cartoon. The cartoon is a drawing of two elephants dressed in suits that are on top of the white house. Only the very top of the white house can be seen as the rest is submerged underwater. At the top right of the cartoon, there is a time period of when the cartoon is taking place that says “Washington 2050”. Finally, there is a very brief statement made by one of the Elephants who says “Uh, still no evidence of manmade climate change. We’ll let you know if any floats by.” Finally, the cartoon has the author’s name as well as the outlet in which the cartoon was published at the top left of the cartoon. In my opinion, the message that the rhetor is trying to convey is that climate change is not only a man-made issue, but also an issue that is starting to become dangerous because of a lack of regulation. Yet, the Republican conservatives in the White House that have the power to stop the consequences of climate change continue to ignore even the existence of climate change. This cartoon, as well as all political cartoons, is a medium by which the four methods of rhetorical strategies, Ethos, Logos, Pathos and Kairos, are used extensively in the form of visual rhetoric.

The first use of rhetoric in the cartoon is persuasion through the trust of the rhetor’s credibility, or Ethos. Although the cartoon does not directly address the credibility of the rhetor, it does say the name of a person and next to it, the name of a publishing company. Drew Sheneman is a well known editorial cartoonist with a very impressive resume in the realm of political cartoons. Sheneman graduated Central Michigan University and worked at The Star Ledger for most of his career. In his 20 year career as an editorial cartoonist, Sheneman won many awards for his cartoons, most notably the “Vic Cantone Editorial Cartoon Award”. Tribune Content Agency is a large media company that sends comics and political cartoons to news and media outlets all across the country, such as the L.A. Times and ABC news. With the variety of accolades that Drew Sheneman has received over his illustrious career and the widespread influence of the Tribune Content Agency, there is no question over the credibility and legitimacy of the political cartoon.

The second form of rhetoric used in the political cartoon is logical reasoning, or Logos. In the cartoon, the two elephants, that symbolize the Republican conservatives that are currently in the white house, are staring at the water that has submerged almost all of the building. In the case of this political cartoon, Sheneman uses the image of a submerged White House as an appeal to logic. In order to appeal to the logical and reasonable response for addressing the issues of climate change, Sheneman attacks the unreasonable attitude of the Republican conservatives. It can clearly be seen by the unnatural water level that climate change is dangerous and needs to be addressed. However, the republican conservatives are shown to be unreasonable with the dialogue in the cartoon, “Still no evidence of manmade climate change, We’ll let you know if any float by”. The unreasonable attitude of the republican conservatives works to accentuate the logic of the central message of the cartoon, which is to prevent and regulate climate change.

The third form of rhetoric used by Sheneman to prove his point is the appeal to emotion, or Pathos. The two emotions that the cartoon invokes in the audience are shock followed by anger. The first thing that is felt when seeing the cartoon is shock because of the water level. Even with unnatural powers at play, to have the water level reach the top of the white, which is fairly inland, is unimaginable. However, Sheneman exaggerates the possible results of climate change to give his audience an initial shock and undeniable belief that climate change does exist and is becoming more and more dangerous. The next emotion followed by the initial emotion of shock is anger. The blatant ignorance of the statement made by one of the Elephants, about not seeing any evidence of manmade climate change, serves to tap into an emotion of anger. The fact that the audience can clearly see the devastating effect of climate change, leads to the frustration that the “intelligent” politicians in the White House who have the ability to enact change are completely oblivious to such obvious dangers. This combination of the audiences’ shock and anger serves to promote the rhetor’s argument for increased government regulation of factors that lead to climate change and to denounce the ignorance of the republican conservatives in the White House.

The fourth and last of the strategies used in rhetoric is the persuasion of the audience using the relationship between the artifact and the events surrounding the artifact, or Kairos. Although the issue of climate change has been around for quite some time now, it still remains a relevant topic today because it has yet to be recognized universally, let alone resolved and because of the recent election of a republican president and a republican-controlled congress. The fairly recent election of President Donald Trump in combination with the unprecedented consequences of climate change has accentuated the relevancy of this political cartoon. If it is not bad enough that President Trump has gone on record, denying the consequences of climate change, congress is currently under the control of the Republican Party. With all the parties that have the power to enact reforms regarding climate change completely ignorant to the effects and even the existence of climate change, it can be fair to say any form of change is distant. The ignorance of the Republican Party is a pressing issue because climate change is getting worse as time goes on. Due to climate change, polar ice caps are melting at an accelerated rate that is only getting faster and faster. Now more than ever, the effects of climate change are becoming more devastating especially in recent light of hurricane Florence. Although the evidence that climate change had an effect on hurricane Florence is still debatable, the relationship between climate change and weather is enough for the audience to make a connection between the two. The recent events of President Trump’s’ election and the devastation of hurricane Florence both accentuate the relevancy of the cartoon, which also empowered it’s message and argument about reforming factors that contribute to climate change.

Well, did it work? Although I already believed in climate change and the detrimental effects it had on weather, the cartoon made me believe that the effects of climate change were worse than I had imagined. The rhetor succeed in evoking a feeling of anger at the blatant ignorance of the republicans in power. Overall, I would say that the political cartoon had a variety of rhetorical strategies that were used effectively. The rhetor, Drew Sheneman is a renowned editorial cartoonist who’s cartoons are very effective. This specific political cartoon was especially effective in using rhetorical strategies and was very persuasive in it’s message.

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The students will use editorial cartoons to give messages or share with an audience particular points of view on an issue.

• Select an editorial cartoon from a newspaper or magazine. Tell the students that editorial cartoons usually focus on political or societal issues and are usually only one frame in length. Instruct the students to read the cartoon carefully.
• Discuss with the students the cartoonist's topic, audience, and purpose. Ask students, "What does the cartoonist want the reader to do or think after reading this cartoon?"
• Divide students into pairs. Have them generate a list of questions they have about the cartoon. After 5-10 minutes, write some of the students' questions on the board. Discuss the students' questions. Make sure to clarify the humor, sarcasm, or irony in the cartoon. Make sure that students understand the political or societal issue that is the topic of the cartoon. Discuss the caption beneath the cartoon.
• Ask the students, "When is an editorial cartoon a good method for giving a message to the audience?" and "When is an essay a better method?" Possible response: An editorial cartoon is a good method for poking fun at a highly sensitive issue.
• Find more examples of editorial cartoons and continue to discuss humor, sarcasm, and irony. Make a chart with each of these words as a heading and record examples from cartoons in each of the categories.
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The possibilities are virtually endless. Political cartoons are a rich source of material for analysis and commentary on a wide variety of issues, from current events to historical controversies. In this article, we'll explore some of the most compelling and relevant topics for political cartoon essays, and discuss how to choose a topic that will attract readers and engage them in meaningful discussion.

Criteria for choosing a topic

Before we dive into specific topics, it's important to understand what makes a good political cartoon essay topic. First and foremost, the topic should be current and relevant. Political cartoons are often a response to current events, so choosing a topic that is in the news or on people's minds is a good way to ensure that your essay will be timely and interesting. Additionally, the topic should be controversial or thought-provoking. Political cartoons are often designed to provoke a reaction, so choosing a topic that is contentious or divisive can provide a wealth of material for analysis and discussion.

Potential topics

With these criteria in mind, let's explore some potential topics for political cartoon essays. One of the most obvious and timely topics is the current state of politics. With the 2020 presidential election looming, there is no shortage of material for political cartoons. From the candidates themselves to the issues that are dominating the campaign trail, there is a wealth of material to analyze and discuss. For example, you could explore how political cartoons are depicting the candidates and their policies, or how they are commenting on the state of the country as a whole.

Another timely topic for political cartoon essays is the ongoing debate over climate change. With increasing concern over the environment and the impact of human activity on the planet, political cartoons have been a powerful tool for raising awareness and provoking discussion on this issue. You could explore how political cartoons are addressing the issue of climate change, and how they are contributing to the public discourse on this important topic.

In addition to current events, political cartoon essays can also delve into historical topics. For example, you could explore how political cartoons have addressed past events such as wars, social movements, or political scandals. By analyzing how these events were depicted in political cartoons, you can gain insight into how public opinion and discourse have evolved over time.

Approaching the analysis

Once you have identified a potential topic for your political cartoon essay, it's important to consider how to approach the analysis. A good approach is to start by examining a variety of political cartoons on the topic, and identifying common themes or messages. For example, if you are writing about climate change, you might look at how different cartoonists have depicted the issue, and identify recurring symbols or tropes. By doing this, you can gain a deeper understanding of the topic and identify key points for analysis in your essay.

In addition to analyzing the content of political cartoons, it can also be helpful to consider the context in which they were created. For example, you might consider the political climate at the time the cartoons were published, or the audience they were intended for. Understanding the context in which political cartoons were created can provide valuable insights into their meaning and impact.

When writing a political cartoon essay, it's also important to consider the visual elements of the cartoons themselves. Political cartoons often rely on visual symbols and metaphors to convey their message, so it's important to consider how these elements contribute to the overall meaning of the cartoon. For example, you might consider how the use of color, composition, or caricature contributes to the message of the cartoon.

Finally, when choosing a topic for a political cartoon essay, it's important to consider the potential impact of your analysis. Ideally, the topic you choose should be one that is likely to generate interest and discussion among your readers. By choosing a timely and thought-provoking topic, you can ensure that your essay will be relevant and engaging to a wide audience. Choosing a topic for a political cartoon essay requires careful consideration of current events, historical context, and visual elements. By selecting a timely and thought-provoking topic, and approaching the analysis with a critical eye, you can create a compelling and relevant essay that will engage readers and provoke thoughtful discussion. With so many potential topics to choose from, the only limit is your imagination.

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• A Women's College
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• Primary Source: The Suffrage Amendment
• Voter Registration Cards
• Primary Source: Governor Aycock on "The Negro Problem"
• Wilmington Massacre November 1898
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• Electric Streetcars
• Idol’s Dam and Power Plant
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• Primary Source: Consequences of the Telephone
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• Primary Source: Women and the Automobile
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• Primary Source: Charles Brantley Aycock and His Views on Education
• Primary Source: Woman's Association for Improving School Houses
• Statewide Prohibition
• Primary Source: Railroad Quarantines
• Winston-Salem's Early Hospitals
• Primary Source: Food Adulteration
• Primary Source: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
• Primary Source: Bulletin on Sanitation and Privies
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• The War and German Americans
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• Primary Source: Speech on Conditions at Camp Greene
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• Rescue at Sea
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• Primary Source: Speech on Nationalism from Warren Harding
• African American Involvement in World War I
• The Treaty of Versailles
• Timeline of Women's Suffrage
• The Long Struggle for Women's Suffrage
• Primary Source: Equal Pay for Equal Work
• Gertrude Weil
• Primary Source: Proceedings from the North Carolina Equal Suffrage League
• Primary Source: Alice Duer Miller's "Why We Oppose Votes for Men"
• Our Idea of Nothing at All
• Votes for Women
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• North Carolina and the Women's Suffrage Amendment
• Gertrude Weil Congratulates — and Consoles — Suffragists
• Lillian Exum Clement
• The Birth of "Jim Crow"
• A Sampling of Jim Crow Laws
• Primary Source: Letter Detailing Triracial Segregation in Robeson County
• Primary Source: George White Speaks Out Against Lynchings
• The Great Migration and North Carolina
• Durham's "Black Wall Street"
• W. E. B. Du Bois on Black Businesses in Durham
• The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Charlotte Hawkins Brown
• Primary Source: Charlotte Hawkins Brown's Rules for School
• Primary Source: 1912 Winston Salem Segregation Ordinance Enacted
• Rosenwald Schools in North Carolina
• Black Student Activism in the 1920s and 1930s
• The Booming Twenties
• How the Twenties Roared in North Carolina
• "Eastern North Carolina for the farmer"
• "Home folks and neighbor people"
• North Carolina Debates Evolution
• Thomas Wolfe
• Asheville Reacts to Look Homeward, Angel
• From Stringbands to Bluesmen: African American Music in the Piedmont
• Hillbillies and Mountain Folk: Early Stringband Recordings
• Jubilee Quartets and the Five Royales: From Gospel to Rhythm & Blues
• The "Flapper"
• Going to the Movies
• Child Labor
• Why Belong to the Union?
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• Work and Protest: Voices
• Alice Caudle Talks About Mill Work
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• The Southern Highland Craft Guild
• The Gastonia Strike
• Primary Source: The Loray Mill Strike Begins
• An Industry Representative visits Loray Mills
• A Union Organizer Blames the Mill
• The Strikers Move Into Tents
• Congress Considers an Inquiry Into Textile Strikes
• The Police Chief is Killed
• The Mill Mother's Lament
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• The Economics of the Great Depression
• The Depression for Farmers
• Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
• The Bonus Army
• Roosevelt and the New Deal
• Primary Source: Roosevelt on the Banking Crisis
• The Economics of Recovery and Reform
• Ending Child Labor in North Carolina
• Primary Source: Excerpt of Child Labor Laws in North Carolina
• Primary Source: Statute on Workplace Safety
• The Fair Labor Standards Act
• Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression
• Primary Source: Interviews on Rural Electrification
• Primary Source: Mary Allen Discusses a Farm Family in Sampson County
• The Live at Home Program
• 4-H and Home Demonstration During the Great Depression
• Eugenics in North Carolina
• Primary Source: Records of Eugenical Sterilization in North Carolina
• The Blue Ridge Parkway
• Roads Taken and Not Taken: Images and the Story of the Blue Ridge Parkway “Missing Link"
• The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Primary Source: Louella Odessa Saunders on Self-Sufficient Farming
• Primary Source: A Textile Mill Worker's Family
• Primary Source: Juanita Hinson and the East Durham Mill Village
• Primary Source: Begging Reduced to a System
• Primary Source: Working as a Waitress
• Primary Source: Federal Writers' Project, "He never wanted land till now"
• Health and Beauty in the 1930s
• Paul Green's The Lost Colony
• Krispy Kreme
• Primary Source: Lasting Impacts of the Great Depression
• The Coming of War
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• Pearl Harbor
• Primary Source: Roosevelt's "A date which will live in infamy" Speech
• Primary Source: Americans React to Pearl Harbor
• Mobilizing for War
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Political cartoons: Pictures with a point

A political cartoon is a cartoon that makes a point about a political issue or event. You can find them in any daily newspaper, but they won’t be in the comics section. Instead, look on the editorial pages – they’re right next to the editorial columns, and across from the opinion essays. You can also find them in newsmagazines and on political Web sites. Political cartoons can be very funny, especially if you understand the issue that they’re commenting on. Their main purpose, though, is not to amuse you but to persuade you. A good political cartoon makes you think about current events, but it also tries to sway your opinion toward the cartoonist’s point of view. The best political cartoonist can change your mind on an issue without you even realizing how he or she did it.

Cartoonists’ persuasive techniques

Cartoonists use several methods, or techniques, to get their point across. Not every cartoon includes all of these techniques, but most political cartoons include at least a few. Some of the techniques cartoonists use the most are symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, analogy, and irony. Once you learn to spot these techniques, you’ll be able to see the cartoonist’s point more clearly. You should also be aware of any political slant, or bias, that he or she might have. When you know where the cartoonist is coming from, it’s easier to make up your own mind. You might also start watching out for the persuasive techniques used in other media, such as political ads and TV news programs. There are a lot of people out there trying to change your mind – it’s a good idea to be aware of how they’re doing it.

Persuasive techniques

Cartoonists use simple objects, or symbols, to stand for larger concepts or ideas. After you identify the symbols in a cartoon, think about what the cartoonist intends each symbol to stand for.

Exaggeration

Sometimes cartoonists overdo, or exaggerate, the physical characteristics of people or things in order to make a point. When you study a cartoon, look for any characteristics that seem overdone or overblown. (Facial characteristics and clothing are some of the most commonly exaggerated characteristics.) Then, try to decide what point the cartoonist was trying to make through exaggeration.

Cartoonists often label objects or people to make it clear exactly what they stand for. Watch out for the different labels that appear in a cartoon, and ask yourself why the cartoonist chose to label that particular person or object. Does the label make the meaning of the object more clear?

An analogy is a comparison between two unlike things that share some characteristics. By comparing a complex issue or situation with a more familiar one, cartoonists can help their readers see it in a different light. After you’ve studied a cartoon for a while, try to decide what the cartoon’s main analogy is. What two situations does the cartoon compare? Once you understand the main analogy, decide if this comparison makes the cartoonist’s point more clear to you.

Irony is the difference between the ways things are and the way things should be, or the way things are expected to be. Cartoonists often use irony to express their opinion on an issue. When you look at a cartoon, see if you can find any irony in the situation the cartoon depicts. If you can, think about what point the irony might be intended to emphasize. Does the irony help the cartoonist express his or her opinion more effectively?

Analysis questions

Once you’ve identified the persuasive techniques that the cartoonist used, ask yourself:

• What issue is this political cartoon about?
• What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?
• What other opinion can you imagine another person having on this issue?
• Did you find this cartoon persuasive? Why or why not?
• What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?

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African Americans Stereotypes in Editorial Cartoons Essay

Introduction.

Over the last 2 decades, media industry played a huge role in determining how people socialized in our communities 1 . Media can greatly influence how individuals in our societies relate and understand one another. In the past, media critics have alleged that African Americans are prejudiced and underrepresented in the media industry. Similarly, African Americans claim that their underrepresentation in the media industry has not only stereotyped them, but also limited their roles in the industry. As such, the newspapers preserve specific roles in the caricatures depicting African American actors 2 .

By doing so, the industry has enhanced stereotypes and prejudices against the race. In the research questions, the article below analyses how African Americans are depicted in editorial cartoons and in their daily lives 3 . Similarly, the article illustrates the racial stereotypes displayed in Canadian editorial cartoons and their daily lives. The article is subdivided into introduction, literature review, research questions, operationalization, findings, data analysis, reflections, and conclusions subheadings.

Literature review

Race is a term used by a number of people in reference to specific clusters of people notable by bodily features such as skin colors. Racism refers to a set of thoughts, which suggests the dominance of a single social group over others. Dominance arises due to differences in biological or cultural traits across various races. On the other hand, stereotypes refer to overgeneralization with respect to the outlook, conduct, or other traits unique to a specific cluster of people.

According to Cohen Karl, cartoon editorials depict different races depending on the stereotypes exhibited by the society 4 . By doing so, the media industry has enhanced stereotypes and prejudices against specific races 5 . Before slavery was abolished in North America, African American were depicted using coon caricatures 6 . The caricatures linked the African Americans with apes. Through this, the authorities were able to justify slavery. During much of the 20th century, cartoon portrayals of African Americans as apes were to some extent more understated 7 . According to Reeves Andy, a number of the anti-African American cartoon depictions were directed against the African American celebrities.

Given these challenges, newspaper editors and media stakeholders are now trying to tackle the alleged accusations 8 . Currently, newspaper editors are expanding their boundaries to allow equal representation of all races in the industry regardless of their race or gender. Through this, the cartoonists are encouraged to come up with portraits that do not depict negative stereotypes against any race.

Research questions

The research paper identified how the media industry plays an influential responsibility on how people perceive races. The media industry portrays how different races relate. In the recent past, the media has been condemned for meddling with the intention of realizing racial equality and propagating undesirable racial prejudices 9 . Given these challenges and the historical stereotypes of African American, the media fraternity should tackle the alleged accusations. They should try to expand their boundaries to allow equal representation of all races in the industry. Highlighted below are the research questions the study sought to find solutions.

• Research: How are different African Americans depicted in editorial cartoons?
• Rational: To find out what racial stereotypes, if any are displayed in Canadian editorial cartoons?

Operationalization

As indicated below, the unit of observation was editorial cartoons. During the research process, the variable was the African American race. To assess the key variables, a coding scheme was utilized. The coding scheme depicted African American race into three categories. The categories were positive, negative, and neutral. With respect to negative stereotypes, African American cartoons in editorial cartoons were depicted as beings with anti-social conducts and socially unacceptable behaviors such as committing crimes, carrying weapons, public indecency, deviance, lazy, and shabbily dressed. Concerning positive stereotypes, they are depicted as people with acts of charity, intelligence, hard work, and well dressed. With respect to neutral stereotypes, the race was depicted as open-minded and conservative.

For this study, the data were collected through field research. The method entailed acquiring public data from secure and reliable criminal justice institutions, face-to-face interviews, and questionnaires. Based on the above, it is apparent that to measure the key variables the extent of the above prejudices have to be measured. Usually, scholars find it challenging to quantity prejudice. Measuring prejudice is challenging because individuals vary in the manner and degree of prejudice they exhibit. For instance, an individual who comes up with belittling remarks about a specific race may be narrow-minded or just uninformed.

In addition, individuals often do not confess to being biased. Individuals may harbor inherent racial biases even when they do not have obvious prejudices. Inherent prejudices can be measured in three methods. Various investigators evaluate attitudes that point to the presence of prejudice in an individual. Other investigators observe conduct instead of evaluating attitudes. Individual’s conduct in nerve-wracking conditions may be chiefly beneficial at disclosing inherent prejudice. Other researchers measure the unconscious relations individuals exhibit with respect with a specific race.

To measure the effects of these prejudices to the African American race, a questionnaire was adopted to determine how people react or feel about them. In the questionnaire, the African American were asked to detail their perspectives about how they are depicted in editorial cartoons. On the other part of the questionnaire, several questions measured on a five point Linker scale were included. Linker scale is a variable measuring tool with strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree options. The scale was very effective because it indicated the extent of the prejudice in our society.

To find out what racial stereotypes, if any are displayed in Canadian editorial cartoons, the researchers collected data from the magazines and newspapers’ libraries. The data indicated the current and the past editorial cartoons depicting the African American race. The scale of measurement during the analysis was an ordinal scale. Reviewing editorial cartoons focusing on African American race published over the time the restrictive policies on racial prejudice have been in place is an effective and secure method of evaluating how the media has implemented such policies.

Data sampling

To achieve our objectives, appropriate data sampling tools were selected for this research. As such, the research utilized probability sampling 10 . The research entailed two units of analysis. The units were the cartoon editorials and the African American race. The population targeted by the research comprised of all the newspaper and magazines firms. The research comprised of 50 editorials from Globe, Star, and Post 11 . On the other hand, the sampling frame comprised of the list of all the editorials sampled. The lists were randomly selected. The scale of measurement was an ordinal scale. The sampling criterion strengthens the study as it enabled the researchers to reach the targeted participants. The whole research was done within a period of 14 weeks.

For appropriate data findings, appropriate data collection method was selected. For this study, the data method was field research. This method entails acquiring data from secure and reliable newspapers. As indicated above, the research comprised of 50 editorials from Globe, Star, and Post 12 . A survey was undertaken among three media. In each of the three media, editorial cartoons on African American were analyzed. The findings were documented as indicated below:

• 15, 10, 25, 0

To come up with a frequency table indicated below, several steps were undertaken. The above outcomes were broken into positive, neutral, negative, and other intervals. Thereafter, the intervals were grouped together. The intervals represented the number of prejudices. Afterwards, a table with separate columns was made. The interval columns indicated the number of prejudices noted in each category. Similarly, the columns represented the frequency and percentage of the outcome. Later, the researchers analyzed the list of statistics from left to right. Through this, the numbers of frequencies were placed in the appropriate row. For instance, positive outcomes were 15. Therefore, the figure was appropriately placed in the row containing positive stereotype subheading. The other outcomes were also appropriately placed. Finally, the percentage of each category was calculated. The percentages were then recorded in the column headed percentage. The frequency distribution table created by the researchers is indicated below.

Table 2: frequency distribution table indicating the frequency and percentage of each category.

Data analysis

After the data was collected, they were compiled and analyzed on a frequency distribution table. Later, frequency and percentage figures were obtained from the data collected. Thereafter, the data were analyzed for accuracy. From the table above, the researchers were able to identify the way different African Americans are depicted in editorial cartoons. Similarly, the tables enabled the researchers to identify the racial stereotypes displayed in Canadian editorial cartoons. Through the findings, the researchers were able to determine the racial prejudices in Canadian media.

From the table, it is apparent that a number of Canadian cartoons depicting African American are prejudiced. A number of the newspapers sampled depicted African American as beings with anti-social conducts and socially unacceptable behaviors such as committing crimes, carrying weapons, public indecency, deviance, lazy, and shabbily dressed. The percentage of negative prejudice was 50%. Thirty percent of the newspapers sampled had a positive prejudice of African American 13 . As such, the editorials depicted the race as people with acts of charity, intelligence, hard work, and well dressed. On the other hand, 20% of the editorials sampled had neutral prejudices of African American. The editorials depicted the race as open-minded and conservative.

Reflections

The strength of the research conducted is that it offered the researchers with a review of how African Americans are depicted in the cartoon editorial in Canada. The research findings are of benefits to the media stakeholder and activists. During the research process, a number of potential problems that are likely to influence the progress and outcomes affected the researchers 14 . For instance, the process of convincing individuals to be part of the study was difficult. For example, most individuals did not like to be involved in procedures that tend to question or investigate their biasness 15 .

Just like any other research, investigators were faced with ethical issues during their studies. Therefore, they had to be watchful when tackling ethical dilemmas encountered in the field 16 . The problem of consent had been recognized as one of the issues that were likely to affect the progress of the proposed research. In particular, the issue of examining the extend of racial prejudice in the identified individuals was a challenge because people tend to conceal information on prejudices against other races.

Conclusions

In conclusion, it should be noted that media industry played a huge role in determining how people socialized in our communities. Media can greatly influence how individuals in our societies relate and understand one another. In the past, media critics have alleged that African Americans are prejudiced and underrepresented in the media industry. Before slavery was abolished in North America, African American were depicted using coon caricatures. The caricatures linked the African Americans with apes. Through this, the authorities were able to justify slavery. During much of the 20th century, cartoon portrayals of African Americans as apes were to some extent more understated. The research paper above highlighted how the media industry plays an influential responsibility on how people perceive races. From the research findings, it is apparent that a number of Canadian cartoons depicting African American are prejudiced.

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My Favourite Cartoon Essay

Cartoons have always played a significant role in our childhood. The notion that cartoons are a great way to relax and are loved by kids and young adults. Besides serving as entertainment, cartoons are also important for learning. Here are some sample essays on my favourite cartoon.

• 100 Words Essay On My Favourite Cartoon

Five-year-old Japanese character named Shinchan Nohara is my favourite animated character. He's a naughty boy. He is enrolled in kindergarten at Futaba School. By singing nonsensical tunes he loves to irritate his friends, family, neighbours, and teachers. He is very humorous, and his voice is even more hilarious. His parents, sister, dog, grandparents make up a beautiful family for him. He is close friends with Kazama, Masao, Nani, and Bochan. Among them all, Shinchan is the most cunning. In addition to enjoying chocolate treats, Shinchan enjoys watching the animated series Action Kamen. Shinchan, a cartoon character, is full of hope and enthusiasm, which is what I love most about him.

200 Words Essay On My Favourite Cartoon

500 words essay on my favourite cartoon.

The 90s generation of children greatly adores Tom and Jerry, and I'm one of them. I regard it as one of the best cartoons in the world. The cartoon's Tom and Jerry are two distinct characters.

Jerry is a mouse, while Tom is a cat. Tom is constantly bothered by Jerry and has items stolen from the home. Poor Tom tries so hard to catch Jerry but is never successful. Despite being mischievous, Jerry is a clever mouse that occasionally lends a hand to Tom. When someone else is bothering Jerry, sometimes even Tom steps in to help. This cartoon series stands out due to the amusing pursuit and run of these two characters. Even though Tom and Jerry often argue, their bond is still evident. They tell me that even though we don’t stay with our friends, we should always be there for them if they need us.

I enjoy watching Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry are two of my favourite cartoon characters, and you can find their posters all over my room and on my school bag, pencil box, Scooty's key chain, t-shirts and other items. Although I usually receive scolding for this, I'll always be ready for a battle like Tom and Jerry.

Cartoons are one of the effective ways to convey ideas through colour. Children are drawn to coloured moving visuals before they comprehend any messages, giving them access to a universe full of symbols that reflect complex views to convey to a young youngster. The morals of honesty, kindness and other crucial virtues are frequently taught in children's cartoons. Kids can learn how to be better individuals in their own lives by watching these lessons play out on screen.

My Favourite Cartoon Characters

Tom And Jerry | I have a special place in my heart for this series. Concerning the series' plot: The owner's pet is called Tom, and the home also has a mouse named Jerry. My favourite character is Jerry. I find him to be cute. It always centred on the altercation between Tom and Jerry. Tom made an effort to catch Jerry after he stole something. Jerry is quite open and naughty. He constantly annoys Tom. I enjoyed seeing them clash. They stand for the actual essence of friendship as well. Everyone's favourite animated series is undoubtedly Tom and Jerry. One of the most-watched animated series ever is this one. Most people, including me, continue to adore this humorous show, which still has a sizable fan base.

Doraemon | My second-favourite anime programme is Doraemon, a superpowered robotic cat. He lives in Nobita's house. Nobita is a lazy but good-hearted person. He often finds himself in difficult situations, and Doraemon is always there to assist him. Shizuka is a friend of Nobita's. Suniyo and Jian are among Nobita's opponents.They constantly trouble Nobita, and cause him difficulties. But Doraemon continually steps in to save him. He teaches Suniyo and Jian a lesson using his extraordinary abilities and tools.

Lessons To Learn

It isn't easy to grow up. I used to have a list of my favourite cartoon characters. Even though I had little TV time, I loved spending Sunday mornings watching cartoons. There is no limit to learning. We are all on a life's journey from the moment we are born until we pass away. Each event we have in life teaches us something new. Every minute spent at school and with friends teaches us something. All we need is an interest in learning. Our favourite cartoon characters from childhood have also taught us important truths about life.

Minimum reliance | Nobita is portrayed as being excessively reliant on Doraemon in comic books. He constantly complained when he had issues and asked Doraemon to assist him. Fortunately, Doraemon is a kind and considerate individual. However, relying on others all the time in real life is not advisable. Self- reliance is a key to being independent. This series taught me that I must address the issue independently and take help as and when required.

The cartoon industry is vast and highly well-liked in the end. The audience for it is significant. These well-known cartoon characters have inspired a variety of goods, including pencils, bags, and lunch boxes, which are well-liked by kids.

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Data Administrator

Database professionals use software to store and organise data such as financial information, and customer shipping records. Individuals who opt for a career as data administrators ensure that data is available for users and secured from unauthorised sales. DB administrators may work in various types of industries. It may involve computer systems design, service firms, insurance companies, banks and hospitals.

Bio Medical Engineer

The field of biomedical engineering opens up a universe of expert chances. An Individual in the biomedical engineering career path work in the field of engineering as well as medicine, in order to find out solutions to common problems of the two fields. The biomedical engineering job opportunities are to collaborate with doctors and researchers to develop medical systems, equipment, or devices that can solve clinical problems. Here we will be discussing jobs after biomedical engineering, how to get a job in biomedical engineering, biomedical engineering scope, and salary. 

Ethical Hacker

A career as ethical hacker involves various challenges and provides lucrative opportunities in the digital era where every giant business and startup owns its cyberspace on the world wide web. Individuals in the ethical hacker career path try to find the vulnerabilities in the cyber system to get its authority. If he or she succeeds in it then he or she gets its illegal authority. Individuals in the ethical hacker career path then steal information or delete the file that could affect the business, functioning, or services of the organization.

GIS officer work on various GIS software to conduct a study and gather spatial and non-spatial information. GIS experts update the GIS data and maintain it. The databases include aerial or satellite imagery, latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates, and manually digitized images of maps. In a career as GIS expert, one is responsible for creating online and mobile maps.

Data Analyst

The invention of the database has given fresh breath to the people involved in the data analytics career path. Analysis refers to splitting up a whole into its individual components for individual analysis. Data analysis is a method through which raw data are processed and transformed into information that would be beneficial for user strategic thinking.

Data are collected and examined to respond to questions, evaluate hypotheses or contradict theories. It is a tool for analyzing, transforming, modeling, and arranging data with useful knowledge, to assist in decision-making and methods, encompassing various strategies, and is used in different fields of business, research, and social science.

Geothermal Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as geothermal engineers are the professionals involved in the processing of geothermal energy. The responsibilities of geothermal engineers may vary depending on the workplace location. Those who work in fields design facilities to process and distribute geothermal energy. They oversee the functioning of machinery used in the field.

Database Architect

If you are intrigued by the programming world and are interested in developing communications networks then a career as database architect may be a good option for you. Data architect roles and responsibilities include building design models for data communication networks. Wide Area Networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs), and intranets are included in the database networks. It is expected that database architects will have in-depth knowledge of a company's business to develop a network to fulfil the requirements of the organisation. Stay tuned as we look at the larger picture and give you more information on what is db architecture, why you should pursue database architecture, what to expect from such a degree and what your job opportunities will be after graduation. Here, we will be discussing how to become a data architect. Students can visit NIT Trichy , IIT Kharagpur , JMI New Delhi . 

Remote Sensing Technician

Individuals who opt for a career as a remote sensing technician possess unique personalities. Remote sensing analysts seem to be rational human beings, they are strong, independent, persistent, sincere, realistic and resourceful. Some of them are analytical as well, which means they are intelligent, introspective and inquisitive. 

Remote sensing scientists use remote sensing technology to support scientists in fields such as community planning, flight planning or the management of natural resources. Analysing data collected from aircraft, satellites or ground-based platforms using statistical analysis software, image analysis software or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a significant part of their work. Do you want to learn how to become remote sensing technician? There's no need to be concerned; we've devised a simple remote sensing technician career path for you. Scroll through the pages and read.

Budget Analyst

Budget analysis, in a nutshell, entails thoroughly analyzing the details of a financial budget. The budget analysis aims to better understand and manage revenue. Budget analysts assist in the achievement of financial targets, the preservation of profitability, and the pursuit of long-term growth for a business. Budget analysts generally have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a closely related field. Knowledge of Financial Management is of prime importance in this career.

Underwriter

An underwriter is a person who assesses and evaluates the risk of insurance in his or her field like mortgage, loan, health policy, investment, and so on and so forth. The underwriter career path does involve risks as analysing the risks means finding out if there is a way for the insurance underwriter jobs to recover the money from its clients. If the risk turns out to be too much for the company then in the future it is an underwriter who will be held accountable for it. Therefore, one must carry out his or her job with a lot of attention and diligence.

Finance Executive

Product manager.

A Product Manager is a professional responsible for product planning and marketing. He or she manages the product throughout the Product Life Cycle, gathering and prioritising the product. A product manager job description includes defining the product vision and working closely with team members of other departments to deliver winning products.  

Operations Manager

Individuals in the operations manager jobs are responsible for ensuring the efficiency of each department to acquire its optimal goal. They plan the use of resources and distribution of materials. The operations manager's job description includes managing budgets, negotiating contracts, and performing administrative tasks.

Stock Analyst

Individuals who opt for a career as a stock analyst examine the company's investments makes decisions and keep track of financial securities. The nature of such investments will differ from one business to the next. Individuals in the stock analyst career use data mining to forecast a company's profits and revenues, advise clients on whether to buy or sell, participate in seminars, and discussing financial matters with executives and evaluate annual reports.

A Researcher is a professional who is responsible for collecting data and information by reviewing the literature and conducting experiments and surveys. He or she uses various methodological processes to provide accurate data and information that is utilised by academicians and other industry professionals. Here, we will discuss what is a researcher, the researcher's salary, types of researchers.

Welding Engineer

Welding Engineer Job Description: A Welding Engineer work involves managing welding projects and supervising welding teams. He or she is responsible for reviewing welding procedures, processes and documentation. A career as Welding Engineer involves conducting failure analyses and causes on welding issues. 

Transportation Planner

A career as Transportation Planner requires technical application of science and technology in engineering, particularly the concepts, equipment and technologies involved in the production of products and services. In fields like land use, infrastructure review, ecological standards and street design, he or she considers issues of health, environment and performance. A Transportation Planner assigns resources for implementing and designing programmes. He or she is responsible for assessing needs, preparing plans and forecasts and compliance with regulations.

Environmental Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as an environmental engineer are construction professionals who utilise the skills and knowledge of biology, soil science, chemistry and the concept of engineering to design and develop projects that serve as solutions to various environmental problems. 

Safety Manager

A Safety Manager is a professional responsible for employee’s safety at work. He or she plans, implements and oversees the company’s employee safety. A Safety Manager ensures compliance and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidelines.

Conservation Architect

A Conservation Architect is a professional responsible for conserving and restoring buildings or monuments having a historic value. He or she applies techniques to document and stabilise the object’s state without any further damage. A Conservation Architect restores the monuments and heritage buildings to bring them back to their original state.

Structural Engineer

A Structural Engineer designs buildings, bridges, and other related structures. He or she analyzes the structures and makes sure the structures are strong enough to be used by the people. A career as a Structural Engineer requires working in the construction process. It comes under the civil engineering discipline. A Structure Engineer creates structural models with the help of computer-aided design software. 

Highway Engineer

Highway Engineer Job Description:  A Highway Engineer is a civil engineer who specialises in planning and building thousands of miles of roads that support connectivity and allow transportation across the country. He or she ensures that traffic management schemes are effectively planned concerning economic sustainability and successful implementation.

Field Surveyor

Are you searching for a Field Surveyor Job Description? A Field Surveyor is a professional responsible for conducting field surveys for various places or geographical conditions. He or she collects the required data and information as per the instructions given by senior officials. 

Orthotist and Prosthetist

Orthotists and Prosthetists are professionals who provide aid to patients with disabilities. They fix them to artificial limbs (prosthetics) and help them to regain stability. There are times when people lose their limbs in an accident. In some other occasions, they are born without a limb or orthopaedic impairment. Orthotists and prosthetists play a crucial role in their lives with fixing them to assistive devices and provide mobility.

Pathologist

A career in pathology in India is filled with several responsibilities as it is a medical branch and affects human lives. The demand for pathologists has been increasing over the past few years as people are getting more aware of different diseases. Not only that, but an increase in population and lifestyle changes have also contributed to the increase in a pathologist’s demand. The pathology careers provide an extremely huge number of opportunities and if you want to be a part of the medical field you can consider being a pathologist. If you want to know more about a career in pathology in India then continue reading this article.

Veterinary Doctor

Speech therapist, gynaecologist.

Gynaecology can be defined as the study of the female body. The job outlook for gynaecology is excellent since there is evergreen demand for one because of their responsibility of dealing with not only women’s health but also fertility and pregnancy issues. Although most women prefer to have a women obstetrician gynaecologist as their doctor, men also explore a career as a gynaecologist and there are ample amounts of male doctors in the field who are gynaecologists and aid women during delivery and childbirth. 

Audiologist

The audiologist career involves audiology professionals who are responsible to treat hearing loss and proactively preventing the relevant damage. Individuals who opt for a career as an audiologist use various testing strategies with the aim to determine if someone has a normal sensitivity to sounds or not. After the identification of hearing loss, a hearing doctor is required to determine which sections of the hearing are affected, to what extent they are affected, and where the wound causing the hearing loss is found. As soon as the hearing loss is identified, the patients are provided with recommendations for interventions and rehabilitation such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, and appropriate medical referrals. While audiology is a branch of science that studies and researches hearing, balance, and related disorders.

An oncologist is a specialised doctor responsible for providing medical care to patients diagnosed with cancer. He or she uses several therapies to control the cancer and its effect on the human body such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and biopsy. An oncologist designs a treatment plan based on a pathology report after diagnosing the type of cancer and where it is spreading inside the body.

Are you searching for an ‘Anatomist job description’? An Anatomist is a research professional who applies the laws of biological science to determine the ability of bodies of various living organisms including animals and humans to regenerate the damaged or destroyed organs. If you want to know what does an anatomist do, then read the entire article, where we will answer all your questions.

For an individual who opts for a career as an actor, the primary responsibility is to completely speak to the character he or she is playing and to persuade the crowd that the character is genuine by connecting with them and bringing them into the story. This applies to significant roles and littler parts, as all roles join to make an effective creation. Here in this article, we will discuss how to become an actor in India, actor exams, actor salary in India, and actor jobs. 

Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats create and direct original routines for themselves, in addition to developing interpretations of existing routines. The work of circus acrobats can be seen in a variety of performance settings, including circus, reality shows, sports events like the Olympics, movies and commercials. Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats must be prepared to face rejections and intermittent periods of work. The creativity of acrobats may extend to other aspects of the performance. For example, acrobats in the circus may work with gym trainers, celebrities or collaborate with other professionals to enhance such performance elements as costume and or maybe at the teaching end of the career.

Video Game Designer

Career as a video game designer is filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. A video game designer is someone who is involved in the process of creating a game from day one. He or she is responsible for fulfilling duties like designing the character of the game, the several levels involved, plot, art and similar other elements. Individuals who opt for a career as a video game designer may also write the codes for the game using different programming languages.

Depending on the video game designer job description and experience they may also have to lead a team and do the early testing of the game in order to suggest changes and find loopholes.

Radio Jockey

Radio Jockey is an exciting, promising career and a great challenge for music lovers. If you are really interested in a career as radio jockey, then it is very important for an RJ to have an automatic, fun, and friendly personality. If you want to get a job done in this field, a strong command of the language and a good voice are always good things. Apart from this, in order to be a good radio jockey, you will also listen to good radio jockeys so that you can understand their style and later make your own by practicing.

A career as radio jockey has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. If you want to know more about a career as radio jockey, and how to become a radio jockey then continue reading the article.

Choreographer

The word “choreography" actually comes from Greek words that mean “dance writing." Individuals who opt for a career as a choreographer create and direct original dances, in addition to developing interpretations of existing dances. A Choreographer dances and utilises his or her creativity in other aspects of dance performance. For example, he or she may work with the music director to select music or collaborate with other famous choreographers to enhance such performance elements as lighting, costume and set design.

Social Media Manager

A career as social media manager involves implementing the company’s or brand’s marketing plan across all social media channels. Social media managers help in building or improving a brand’s or a company’s website traffic, build brand awareness, create and implement marketing and brand strategy. Social media managers are key to important social communication as well.

Photographer

Photography is considered both a science and an art, an artistic means of expression in which the camera replaces the pen. In a career as a photographer, an individual is hired to capture the moments of public and private events, such as press conferences or weddings, or may also work inside a studio, where people go to get their picture clicked. Photography is divided into many streams each generating numerous career opportunities in photography. With the boom in advertising, media, and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option for many Indian youths.

An individual who is pursuing a career as a producer is responsible for managing the business aspects of production. They are involved in each aspect of production from its inception to deception. Famous movie producers review the script, recommend changes and visualise the story. 

They are responsible for overseeing the finance involved in the project and distributing the film for broadcasting on various platforms. A career as a producer is quite fulfilling as well as exhaustive in terms of playing different roles in order for a production to be successful. Famous movie producers are responsible for hiring creative and technical personnel on contract basis.

Copy Writer

In a career as a copywriter, one has to consult with the client and understand the brief well. A career as a copywriter has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. Several new mediums of advertising are opening therefore making it a lucrative career choice. Students can pursue various copywriter courses such as Journalism , Advertising , Marketing Management . Here, we have discussed how to become a freelance copywriter, copywriter career path, how to become a copywriter in India, and copywriting career outlook. 

In a career as a vlogger, one generally works for himself or herself. However, once an individual has gained viewership there are several brands and companies that approach them for paid collaboration. It is one of those fields where an individual can earn well while following his or her passion. 

Ever since internet costs got reduced the viewership for these types of content has increased on a large scale. Therefore, a career as a vlogger has a lot to offer. If you want to know more about the Vlogger eligibility, roles and responsibilities then continue reading the article. 

For publishing books, newspapers, magazines and digital material, editorial and commercial strategies are set by publishers. Individuals in publishing career paths make choices about the markets their businesses will reach and the type of content that their audience will be served. Individuals in book publisher careers collaborate with editorial staff, designers, authors, and freelance contributors who develop and manage the creation of content.

Careers in journalism are filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. One cannot afford to miss out on the details. As it is the small details that provide insights into a story. Depending on those insights a journalist goes about writing a news article. A journalism career can be stressful at times but if you are someone who is passionate about it then it is the right choice for you. If you want to know more about the media field and journalist career then continue reading this article.

Individuals in the editor career path is an unsung hero of the news industry who polishes the language of the news stories provided by stringers, reporters, copywriters and content writers and also news agencies. Individuals who opt for a career as an editor make it more persuasive, concise and clear for readers. In this article, we will discuss the details of the editor's career path such as how to become an editor in India, editor salary in India and editor skills and qualities.

Individuals who opt for a career as a reporter may often be at work on national holidays and festivities. He or she pitches various story ideas and covers news stories in risky situations. Students can pursue a BMC (Bachelor of Mass Communication) , B.M.M. (Bachelor of Mass Media) , or  MAJMC (MA in Journalism and Mass Communication) to become a reporter. While we sit at home reporters travel to locations to collect information that carries a news value.  

Corporate Executive

Are you searching for a Corporate Executive job description? A Corporate Executive role comes with administrative duties. He or she provides support to the leadership of the organisation. A Corporate Executive fulfils the business purpose and ensures its financial stability. In this article, we are going to discuss how to become corporate executive.

Multimedia Specialist

A multimedia specialist is a media professional who creates, audio, videos, graphic image files, computer animations for multimedia applications. He or she is responsible for planning, producing, and maintaining websites and applications. 

Quality Controller

A quality controller plays a crucial role in an organisation. He or she is responsible for performing quality checks on manufactured products. He or she identifies the defects in a product and rejects the product. 

A quality controller records detailed information about products with defects and sends it to the supervisor or plant manager to take necessary actions to improve the production process.

Production Manager

A QA Lead is in charge of the QA Team. The role of QA Lead comes with the responsibility of assessing services and products in order to determine that he or she meets the quality standards. He or she develops, implements and manages test plans. 

Process Development Engineer

The Process Development Engineers design, implement, manufacture, mine, and other production systems using technical knowledge and expertise in the industry. They use computer modeling software to test technologies and machinery. An individual who is opting career as Process Development Engineer is responsible for developing cost-effective and efficient processes. They also monitor the production process and ensure it functions smoothly and efficiently.

AWS Solution Architect

An AWS Solution Architect is someone who specializes in developing and implementing cloud computing systems. He or she has a good understanding of the various aspects of cloud computing and can confidently deploy and manage their systems. He or she troubleshoots the issues and evaluates the risk from the third party. 

Azure Administrator

An Azure Administrator is a professional responsible for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure Solutions. He or she manages cloud infrastructure service instances and various cloud servers as well as sets up public and private cloud systems. 

Computer Programmer

Careers in computer programming primarily refer to the systematic act of writing code and moreover include wider computer science areas. The word 'programmer' or 'coder' has entered into practice with the growing number of newly self-taught tech enthusiasts. Computer programming careers involve the use of designs created by software developers and engineers and transforming them into commands that can be implemented by computers. These commands result in regular usage of social media sites, word-processing applications and browsers.

Information Security Manager

Individuals in the information security manager career path involves in overseeing and controlling all aspects of computer security. The IT security manager job description includes planning and carrying out security measures to protect the business data and information from corruption, theft, unauthorised access, and deliberate attack 

ITSM Manager

Automation test engineer.

An Automation Test Engineer job involves executing automated test scripts. He or she identifies the project’s problems and troubleshoots them. The role involves documenting the defect using management tools. He or she works with the application team in order to resolve any issues arising during the testing process. 

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