Migration and Refugee Representation in Political Cartoons
Migration and Refugee Representation in Political Cartoons

Author(s): Arda Umut Saygın
Subject(s): Politics, Media studies, Communication studies, Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Refugee; Immigration; Political Cartoon; Content analysis;
Summary/Abstract: Today, migration, immigrants and refugee issues are closely related to the whole world. The developments about these issues can be followed from the media almost everyday because they have news value. Political cartoons, which are woven with messages based on drawings, are interested in these issues too since they are also media contents. The purpose of this study is to show how the refugee case is handled in political cartoons. In the study, 989 political cartoons which were exhibited between the years of 2013 and 2016 in The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition was selected. Then, both quantitative and qualitative content analysis were applied to them to understand how much place these issues take place and in which context they are discussed. Finally, it is determined that political cartoons about these issues has became even more important year by year.

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