Reading Hillary and Sarah: Contradictions of Feminism and Representation in 2008 Campaign Political Cartoons

Edwards, Janis L.; McDonald, Carol

doi:10.1177/0002764210381704

Cited by 17 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For instance, in a content analysis of the NYT during the 2008 campaign, Meeks (2013) found that the newspaper did emphasize the novelty of Clinton's candidacy but that she received more issue coverage than Sarah Palin. Similarly, through an examination of political cartoons during the 2008 election cycle, Edwards and McDonald (2010) found no dominant or overriding gendered patterns. In fact, gender references in these cartoons were neutralized to a large extent.…”

Section: Female Politicians the Double Bind And Hillary Clintonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nonetheless, Clinton has been wildly successful. Research on her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 shows that while gendered coverage still exists, some media outlets are turning away from this trend (see Edwards and McDonald 2010; Meeks 2013). For instance, in a content analysis of the NYT during the 2008 campaign, Meeks (2013) found that the newspaper did emphasize the novelty of Clinton's candidacy but that she received more issue coverage than Sarah Palin.…”

Section: Female Politicians the Double Bind And Hillary Clintonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The present study does so, charting Clinton's coverage in the New York Times (hereafter NYT ) across 48 years, from the first mention in 1969 to the end of her presidential candidacy in 2016. Focusing on the gendered issues, traits, roles, and characterizations the NYT has emphasized and deemphasized during this period, this study helps to answer the call of Edwards and McDonald (2010) to move past singularly studying the negotiation of femininity and masculinity in politics and provide a “more nuanced and complex view of gender as a political dynamic” (327). Instead of examining how Clinton performs masculinity and femininity in each moment or context, this analysis charts whether and how those characterizations have emerged and evolved over time in one of the nation's key news sources.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

The Changing Norms of Gendered News Coverage: Hillary Clinton in the New York Times, 1969–2016

Zulli

2018

Pol & Gen

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research on female politicians suggests that women face a double bind. Female politicians must embrace their femininity but not be too feminine, and they must demonstrate masculinity without deviating from gender norms. Hillary Clinton has often struggled with this balance, which has resulted in conflicting and inconsistent portrayals of her in the news. To examine the extent of this coverage, this study provides a longitudinal analysis of Clinton's personal and professional media coverage in the New York Times. A content analysis of news coverage of Clinton from 1969 to 2016 shows that she has largely not been bound to gender labels, gender traits, or mentions of physical appearance. In addition, Clinton was not overly discussed as a novelty or norm challenger. These findings contradict previous literature, demonstrating a potential trend away from using gender as a descriptor for or limitation to female politicians.

show abstract

Section: Female Politicians the Double Bind And Hillary Clintonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Female Politicians the Double Bind And Hillary Clintonmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Changing Norms of Gendered News Coverage: Hillary Clinton in the New York Times, 1969–2016

Zulli

2018

Pol & Gen

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Thus, they tend to be an overlooked means of political discourse. Nonetheless, they are rhetorical texts that assist not only in interpreting and framing political discourse, but offering symbolic constructions of political and national identities (Edwards & McDonald, 2010), and consequently offer readers a clear, although possibly slanted, view of politicians/public figures in the political scenes.…”

Section: Political Cartoons and Political Humourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pragmeme of Political Humour in Selected Nigerian Political Cartoons

Oluremi

2019

JLE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Political humour is a recurring element in print media and other genres, touching various areas of Nigerian political discourse. A number of research studies have investigated political humour in contemporary Nigerian political discourse. The political humour deployed in responding to some prominent political events in 2016, however, is relatively unexplored. This current endeavour, therefore, attempts to examine the pragmeme of humour in selected 2016 political events that are remediated in political cartoons. These include political matters such as Nigeria’s 56th Independence Anniversary, the crusade against corruption, which Muhammadu Buhari commenced when he became the President of Nigeria, and the alleged 2016 budget padding scandal that rocked the House of Representatives. The frameworks for the study comprise Flamson and Barrett’s Encryption Theory of Humour and Mey’s Pragmeme Theory. The six political cartoons that were subjected to discourse interpretations were culled from Aprokotoons Media, Nigeria’s foremost internet-based cartoon journal with a large collection of relevant cartoon resources for print and electronic media. The results revealed that audiences who were well informed on these political activities were able to decrypt the cartoons because they shared the same key political knowledge as the cartoonist. Thus, honest laughter is produced, but on the other hand, the cartoons’ essential features are subordinated to the pragmeme of humour of idle campaign promises and Nigeria’s hopeless condition at 56; self-centred leadership, lawmakers who are lawbreakers, and that the worst form of corruption is selective justice. Hence, these findings enhance the public perception of the country’s political actors, and underscore the need for rethinking the sensibility of political acts, promises, and decisions.

show abstract

“…The political and social commentary of editorial cartooning enjoys a long history in North America (Edwards and McDonald, 2010). Medhurst and DeSousa (1981) describe the cartoon as ''a unique form of visual communication' ' (p. 198) designed to convey a particular opinion in a form that is concise and easy to understand by the general public.…”

Section: Editorial Cartoons and Theories Of Caricaturementioning

confidence: 99%

No joke

Wiid

Grant

Mills³

et al. 2015

Marketing Theory

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Unflattering representations of salesmanship in mass media exist in abundance. In order to gauge the depiction of selling in mass media, this article explores the nature and public perceptions of salesmanship using editorial cartoons. A theory of cartooning suggests that editorial cartoons reflect public sentiment toward events and issues and therefore provide a useful way of measuring and tracking such sentiment over time. The criteria of narrative, location, binary struggle, normative transference, and metaphor were used as a framework to analyze 286 cartoons over a 30-year period from 1983 to 2013. The results suggest that while representations of the characteristics and behaviors of salespeople shifted very little across time periods, changes in public perceptions of seller-buyer conflict, the role of the customer, and selling techniques were observed, thus indicating that cartoons are sensitive enough to measure the portrayal of selling.

show abstract

Reading Hillary and Sarah: Contradictions of Feminism and Representation in 2008 Campaign Political Cartoons

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

The Changing Norms of Gendered News Coverage: Hillary Clinton in the New York Times, 1969–2016

The Changing Norms of Gendered News Coverage: Hillary Clinton in the New York Times, 1969–2016

Pragmeme of Political Humour in Selected Nigerian Political Cartoons

No joke

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About