Protecting ‘Sacred Cows’: A Comparative Study of the Factors Influencing Political Cartoonists
Journal: Media Watch (Vol.12, No. 2)Publication Date: 2021-05-01
Authors : Ayesha Ashfaq; Joseph Russomanno;
Page : 208-226
Keywords : Political cartoonists; freedom; pressures; United States; Pakistan; control;
Abstract
Political cartooning is an influential medium that can be a significant indicator of the democratic health of a country. However, understanding the factors influencing and restraining political cartoonists has been neglected within political communication scholarship across the world for decades. Cartoonists globally cherish the level of freedom possessed by their American counterparts. Cartoonists in Pakistan are among those. Based on this assumption, this article investigates the factors that influence political cartoonists, including any filters through which their drawings pass before publication. Therefore, in-depth interviews of political cartoonists from Pakistan and the United States have been conducted under the umbrella of a model suggested by Gamson and Modgiliani (1989). This study compares cartooning in the ostensibly free environment in the United States and the visibly restricted atmosphere in Pakistan to see how the dynamics of free speech in political cartooning are changing. While the study reveals some largely predictable differences between Pakistan and the United States, there are some remarkable similarities.
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