Cartoons, Politics &Propaganda

1. Cartoons, Politics &Propaganda

3. Cartoons are used today to amuse – make our life more bearable. They make the reader use their imagination. Sometimes cartoons are used in politics by journalists to highlight political events and to influence viewers and draw attention to an idea. They expect the reader to draw opinions and take action.

4. Homer tries to vote for Obama but look at what happens! Is this propaganda??

5. Satire usually pokes fun at people. They usually exaggerated features in a positive or negative way. Especially around election time images are used sometimes to poke fun at people, but more importantly to reduce their popularity, or sometimes to promote them. It reaches every part of society.

7. YOUR TASK:With the person beside you can you figure out the meaning of Franklin’s Rattlesnake? Benjamin Franklin was the first to use one in 1747 on the cover on one of his pamphlets, Rattlesnake. Political cartoons were called ‘satires’ in the eighteenth century.

8. Franklins Rattlesnake

9. In the eighteenth century many people were uneducated, therefore a cartoon could convey political thought and sway peoples opinions. Newspapers were small single sheets therefore a cartoon or image could convey a story in a short space. British newspapers thought the Irish Revolution was vulgar and violent and their portrayal of the Irish was not pleasant.

10. 1798 REBELLION CARTOON TITLE ‘REBELS DESTROYING A HOUSE AND FURNITURE’

11. PITCH-CAPPING Captain Swayne pitch-caps the people of Prosperous in County Kildare during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In this particular form of torture, a mixture of TAR and GUNPOWDER is placed on the suspect's head and set on fire.