EINE SEMIOTISCHE ANALYSE POLITISCHER KARITATUREN FALLSTUDIE
A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL CARTOONS CASE STUDY
THE ROMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2014 AND 2019
Author(s): Veronica CȃmpianSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: political caricature; Evenimentul Zilei; visual semiotics; denotation and connotation; Roland Barthes;
Summary/Abstract: The paper entitled "A Semiotic Analysis of Political Cartoons; Case study: the Romanian Presidential Elections in 2014 and 2019" offers a reflection on political cartoons published in the quality newspaper Evenimentul Zilei during the two election campaigns. The corpus of the analysis consists of 50 examples (35 examples on the 2014 elections and 15 on the 2019 elections) and pursues the answering of the following research questions: What are the main themes depicted in the cartoons? What are the linguistic and visual characteristics of the cartoons? What semiotic messages are encoded in the selected cartoons? What differences can be identified between the cartoons of the two election campaigns? The chosen analysis model is derived from Roland Barthes` theory on denotation and connotation and the cartoons are analysed according to the following three types of messages: the linguistic, the visual and the symbolic message.
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 85-94
- Page Count: 10
- Language: German
