Политическая карикатура в зарубежных медиа

Вестник Московского университета. Серия 10: Журналистика. 2021. № 6. С. 95–115.

Balakina Y. V.

The timeliness of the present theoretical study is determined by the growing
popularity of various forms of visual content in modern media, where traditional
multimodal texts compete with emerging new forms. Thus, the article aims at
revealing the uniqueness and undying relevance of political cartoons as a traditional
genre of media communication. To achieve the aforementioned goal, a comparative
analysis of cartoons and memes was conducted, a list of socially important events
triggered by cartoons was presented, and a review of foreign research on this subject
was made. Taking into account the results achieved, the author concludes that
despite a wide variety of visualization means, cartoons as a genre fill their own niche in the media as a complex mechanism of satire production, possessing political
potential. Therefore, there seem to be no obstacles on the way to further
development of this genre on the Internet.

Keywords: мобилизация, визуализация, visualization, mobilization, мем, meme, политическая карикатура, political cartoon, cartoon scandal, карикатурный скандал