Drawn to Extremes - The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-231-13066-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamb, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Typographie, Illustrationskunst, Werbegraphik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments1. "You Should've Been in the World Trade Center!"2. "President Bush Has Been Reading Doonesbury and Taking It Much Too Seriously"3. "No Honest Man Need Fear Cartoons"4. "McCarthyism"5. "Second-Class Citizens of the Editorial Page"6. "We Certainly Don't Want to Make People Uncomfortable Now, Do We?"7. "That's Not a Definition of Libel; That's a Job Description"8. "Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable"NotesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Lamb is an associate professor of communication at the College of Charleston. His articles on editorial cartooning have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and trade journal Editor & Publisher.