Find and analyze a visual. It may be a political comic, a short film (no longer than 5 minutes or so), a poster, a political ad, or some other visual piece of art. Analyze the symbols, imagery, and any verbal/textual components – tell me what the author or artist is trying to say with his or her artwork. The art must be about globalization in some sense (you may use the subset of topics in the syllabus), and it must be contemporary (that means the last 10-15 years). Below is a “worksheet” (I hate that word) that will help you wear your pants on this assignment (if you don’t know what I mean by “wear your pants,” ask in class). You don’t have to answer every single question, and you certainly don’t have to number it, but I need to see the information in the italicized questions somewhere in your homework. The other questions and the list in #7 should help you be thorough about the components of a work.
Once you’re done, post the link where you found the work (as direct a link as possible; please check that it works) and your analysis. If there’s some spectacular reason not to post it, you may email or turn in a handwritten version instead. Due Thursday, 1/12, by class time.
Reading an Editorial Cartoon
1. What is the cartoon’s title or caption?
2. Who drew the cartoon?
3. When and where was it published?
4. What is familiar to you in this cartoon?
5. What questions do you have about this cartoon?
6. Editorial cartoonists combine pictures and words to communicate their opinions.
7. What tools does the cartoonist use to make his or her point?
a. __ Humor
b. __ Caricature
c. __ Symbols
d. __ Stereotypes
e. __ Speech balloons
f. __ Labels
g. __ Analogy to another historical or current event
h. __ References to popular culture, art, literature, etc.
8. List the important people and objects shown in the cartoon:
9. Are symbols used? If so, what are they and what do they mean?
10. Are stereotypes used? If so, what group is represented?
11. Is anyone caricatured in the cartoon? If so, who?
12. Briefly explain the message of the cartoon:
13. What groups would agree /disagree with the cartoon’s message? Why?
14. Do you think this cartoon is effective in its message?
© The Opper Project 2007
This political cartoon depicts how globalization takes place and the effects it has. First it shows a person who decided to work at a toy factory that makes toys for an overseas fast-food company. This depicts companies who pay people from different countries very poorly. Then someone who likes the food company spreads the word to others about it, and the company explodes and needs more food. So farmer’s would then clear more land so they could sell more food to the company, but then environmentalists attack him for cutting down trees. Once the company finds out that they can’t get more food they decide to send it to an overseas country. But because of that, children overseas began to get sick and die from the diseases that the animals carry. So an army general of that country figured out that he could gain control of the country if he showed the people what would happen to them if he doesn’t gain office. So he is mad at the USA, because the company was USA based and it caused sickness in the country. Then he sends a message to the president by flipping him off and the president takes that as a threat and bombs the country and all of its resources. The pollution from the bombing then causes the green house effect, which ends up causing natural disasters. In the end destroys the company.
ReplyDelete1) The title of cartoon is, Causes- Globalization Animation.
2) Joe Brumms drew the cartoon.
3) It was published January 24, 2008
4) The thing that was familiar to me was the fast-food company McDonalds.
5) The only question I have about this cartoon is who the army general is.
6) Some tools the cartoonist uses to make his point include: Humor, Symbols, Labels, References to popular culture.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXvtz0_Ex0
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DeleteAfter watching the you tube video and reading your summary it was much easier to understand the video. The toy factor was a great way to show how manufactured goods are taken all over the world and the positives and negatives, like how kids started getting sick from the diseased animals and how the word got out which made more demand for the product. Overall the video was a great way to show globalization on a big scale. There were parts that did not make sense to me such as burning the united states flag.
DeleteI think the burning of the flag was meant to show anger to the USA because they caused diseases by sending there business over there.
DeleteThe video called Mutant Capitalism is trying to point out how the globalization of large companies is causing tension and terrorists. The narrator stated that the money used to pay other countries for their resources does not actually go to the country; it goes to the companies using the resource. This put the country in a debt and later results in tension between the US and the smaller country. The US is trying to create a global empire by spreading ideas and companies around the world and using other countries resources to their advantage. Because the US is deriving the resources out of the smaller countries they cannot and do not have the materials needed to pay off debt and soon are in the power of the US.
ReplyDelete1. Mutant Capitalism
2. John Perkins
3. February 19th, 2011
4. All of the name brand corporations
5. What is the country other than the US in the video?
6. The artist uses symbols, labels, and references
7. The message of the cartoon is that big governments/countries/companies are taking over smaller countries/companies to use their resources. They want the resources that they can’t produce themselves. As the narrator explains that the money used to pay for the resources never gets to the actual country, the bigger country starts to take over. The money is used to make the corporations bigger in the small country and is not supporting the poor society. Taxes are put onto the people in the small country and that’s where war starts out.
8. The groups that would disagree with this video are the people that support invasion of other countries.
9. I think this cartoon is effective in its message. It can easily present its point.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZu_nbd0uo
I liked the video, it had a pretty good point. And when the narrator talks about the money thing, I think that is completely true, but also very wrong to do because it destroys peoples lives in the smaller countries. I don't understand why they do it if they can obviously see that it causes some damage.
DeleteThis comic makes it seem like people only care about who to vote for when other people think the person is only popular. People surrounding the government would very much disagree because they’re stricter when it comes to voting. People who are also involved and care about the politics would argue because voting for someone needs consideration and thought. They shouldn’t just pick a person for their looks. They should vote on who’s more reliable and capable of doing things that can help out the country.For example, in the picture it shows a box next to the president, congress and American Idol. Since many people watch American Idol, so of course they would pay attention to the subject more than they do with politics. In today's world socialism is more influencial than politics.
ReplyDelete1.How to increase voter turnout
2.Tribune Media
3.2007
4.More people pay attention to the public media compared to politics.
5.Do people really vote just because of popularity?
6.The Editorial uses people and words
7.The cartoonists uses humor,caricature,
stereotypes, references to popular culture, art, literature, etc...
(rest of the questions combined w/ paragraph)
Picture Link: http://www.topyaps.com/top-10-funniest-political-cartoons/
I agree with the picture, when it comes to voting people tend to vote for who their co-workers, parents, friends etc are voting for. They dont take the time to verify what the candidate is saying which creates more bias attitudes. Something I noticed in the last presedential votings is that states usualy vote as a region for example Washington, Oregon, and California will probably all vote for the same side usually for the Democratic party.
DeleteThe political cartoon that I chose illustrates a group of super powered individuals sitting around a conference desk in the form of a globe. I know that they are super empowered because they are all wearing suits. The artist is implying that these men have all of the power to make big decisions that affect everyone. They seem to be in a meeting, discussing something that is related to different countries. I can see this because a few of the men are pointing at different locations on the globe.
ReplyDelete1. Debate on globalization
2. Maguire (does not list first name)
3. Aug 31, 2010
4. Super empowered people/supermarkets in control of the world.
5. What they are planing for the future.
6. The artist uses the size of the people and number of people.
7. This piece is symbolic and relates to the current economy.
Picture: http://www.fpif.org/files/2398/trade-globalization1.jpg
This political cartoon shows a darker side to globalization. You have a tractor type machine that is rolling over this person. On the shirt of the person it says U.S wages, the tractor is also producing smog or smoke from the exhaust which on it is written Globalization. The cartoon to me seems to be stating that not only is Globalization destroying the environment it also has an overall poor effect on U.S wages. I believe that the Conservative group would disagree with the authors message because for the most part they are more in favor of globalization than the liberals, the main goal is to get more. I do think that the cartoon is effective in its message.
ReplyDelete1.Globalization
2.Duffy
3.September 14, 2011 by kccitv
5. I don't have any questions about this cartoon.
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ReplyDeleteThis political cartoon displays a lady running to a tech shoppe to add more memory to her phone once she hears news that the world population is going to be increasing to about 7 billion. The author is trying to say that we are too dependent on our mobile devices to communicate with people across the world.
ReplyDeleteI think the message of this cartoon is to show how dependent we are on our cellphones for communication. The sign to the right that says "News" and below it, "World population to hit 7 billion." The reaction of this lady is to, of course, go add more memory to her phone so she can stay in contact with the all of the new people in the world. I think the people that would disagree with this are the people who don't quite use cellphones as sources for communication as much as the rest of us do, because they would be the last people to think of their cellphones when they hear that the world population is drastically increasing. This cartoon can be effective in its message as long as people don't take it offensively and see it as sort of a wake up call.
1. "I need more speed dial memory!"
2. Harley Schwadron
3. Doesn't say...
4. What's familiar to me is the amount of importance the phone is to the lady in the cartoon. I myself am a victim and know other people who are as well.
5. The onee thing that I wonder about this cartoon is if the lady in supposed to be on one knee, or if she is supposed to look like she is running to the tech shoppe?
7. I think the cartoonist used humor to try to make their point.
Image Link: http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonview.asp?catref=hscn277
I agree with what you said about people being dependent on their cellphones. And how some people would disagree on needing their cell phone to communicate with others.
Deletethe video i have chosen is called GLOBALIZATION VIDEO the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGULEb3rYeg this video explains what globalization is and how it affects the climate by showing a animation of a corporation with a globe on it which has a dream to expand, then globalization came which allowed the corporation to sell things to global markets.the video also showed an image of a polar bear and melting ice. Since climate is affected it brings together countries, government etc to help stop global warming.
ReplyDeletedrawn by: senior communication arts majors at the Ohio northern university.
what is familiar to me in the cartoon is that globalization had social effects which allowed people to know more about other places.
questions: what was the point of talking about when one of the products breaks because it has nothing to do with the rest of the video
the point: the creators of this video used a stick figure named Al who had a globe head to represent globalization, the narrator talks about how Al changed every thing by helping a company turn into a multinational corporation(a drawing of a company with a globe on the roof). Al reviling himself allowed for technology to become advanced and fordable.
the video creators used humor, speech balloons, symbols, current events etc
AL , the corporation, and Susie ( she asks an important question)
AL symbolizes globalization
people who don't believe in global warming might disagree with this video because it talks about how globalization causes global warming.
I believe the video is effective in its message because it talks a lot about what we learned in class
The political cartoon I chose shows the carbon footprint that China is impacting the world with. It shows products being made in China's factories with smoke and other gasses piling out of them, then being shipped to a nice and clean west shopping mall. I think the message is that the U.S. buys too many items from other countries for cheap. We are too dependent on out of country items because they are cheaper and easier to make, yet not always the best option.
ReplyDeleteOne symbol i noticed is in the cartoon the west mall looks nice and clean, while the Chinese factory is simple-looking and hurting the environment. This is showing how China and other countries are probably hurting the environment because they have less regulations and laws, and cheaper work.
1. Why China's footprint is so large
2.Unknown
3. Cartoon stock . com
4.The familiar part is how i see a lot of clothing and other products that come from China everday. This relates too all of us
5. How bad is China's carbon footprint compared to the united states?
7. Humor, cartoon drawing, caption,
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cma/lowres/cman195l.jpg
This simple comic speaks alot about China's and the USA's relationship. And I agree with you that the US is very dependant on China's goods. As long as China can keep pumping out products it looks like the US will keep buying them. Becasue there are many deliver trucks headed toward the US.
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ReplyDelete1. Problems of Globalization
2. Matt Wuerker
3.Posted in 2002, no place listed
4. The familiar things to me are the brands that he used and that many people know.
5.This cartoon makes me wonder why its titled “problems of Globalization”, what exactly about the cartoon shows that there are problems going on about globalization?
7. The symbols that the cartoonist used were brand names, ones that many people know of and are fairly familiar with.
The message of this cartoon is that globalization has spread so much to so many different countries and it will continue to do so for many more years. All of the things mentioned in the cartoon (Niketown, the Disney Store, McDonald’s, GAP) were al originated in the United States, but now they are all over the world like in Paris, Rome, and London. Every country is good at something that maybe another country isn’t good at or can’t have so they trade with each other and get ideas from one another, that’s mainly how globalization works.
I think mainly all people would agree with this cartoon and understand what it symbolizes because nearly everyone knows that things that are originated in one area are now spread through out the world. Back in the day, it used to be a shock if you saw something that wasn't originally from your area but now its everywhere. we all share ideas with one another. But there probably people out there that don't really want ideas being spread through out the world.
I believe this cartoon is somewhat effective in its message because it shows that ideas from one area have spread and become worldwide things.
I agree with you on this comic. The brands that are popular in the United States are popular in other countries. I think the way the people are illustrated in the comic play a big part on the artists opinion on globalization. I do have the same question about the comic as you do, what is the artist trying to say about globalization that is bad?
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ReplyDelete1. Globalization
2. Cartoonist: Signe Wilkinson
3. 2002-04-03
4. The war
5. I never knew that we got heroin from Afghanistan, do we?
7. The cartoonist uses stereotypes, speech balloons, labels, and a current even analogy.
I think that this cartoon is trying to say that there isn't much to export from Afghanistan, so they export heroin. I think that people in Afghanistan would disagree because I'm sure they have more to export. I think it is effective in it's message because it's making fun of the "smart" people that have "solutions" to everything and it's saying sometimes there needs to be more than just one solution.
http://comm439fa09.csulb.wikispaces.net/Globalization
ReplyDelete1."Fear"
4.Cities such as Seattle, the American flag, and logos of big companies.
5.Would Americanization be a type of globalization?
7.The image shows symbols, and some stereotypes.
I think this image is saying that Americans are trying to globalize the world. We have many of our companies in many places other than just our country. For example, McDonald's, we`re not the only ones who have it. We have seen the changes they have done to their food so people will buy it in different areas. Like in the presentation that Marc presented with the different foods they had in different countries. Not only are the businesses expanding but also it seems as if America were trying to imply our type of government to other countries, I think that`s what the flag and Statue of Liberty represent.
I agree that America is trying to dish out our government ways to other countries, as well as many of our companies.
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ReplyDelete1.The important people are Multi-National corporations, USA, Mexico, and China.
2.The countries are represented through seductive women
3.The stereotype of young cheap labor is used for the other countries.
4. I think it’s trying to show the fact that multi-national corps can get work from anyone.
5.I believe that foreigners in developing nations would agree with this most because they usually are the ones being paid less to do work for multi-national corps.
6.Yes I think this message is effective.
I think this cartoon is about how the world is opening up to free trade and Multi-National corporations are moving things easily around to different countries and profiting from low wages. Since they are profiting from low wages, countries are in competition for work opportunities.
Www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/g/globalization.asp
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ReplyDelete1. The caption reads “We all have to make sacrifices for the environment… and you’re ours!”
2. It was drawn by FRAN.
3. When and where it was published? Doesn’t say.
4. Poor skinny African citizen and rich fat American/ British citizen.
5. If the white guys now own them, what becomes of the African citizen?
6. FRAN uses caricature, stereotypes, and labels.
7. Important people are the African citizen who now belongs to the two white guys. And the two white guys are important because they bought them or something. Important objects?
8. If people can be used as symbols than the African citizen stands for peasants or people in poverty that are vulnerable. And the two white men are the dominant males that are rich and own almost everything.
9. Stereotypes are the thin Africans and the well dressed plump Americans and British.
10. This cartoon shows these two white males (that are probably from a big corporation) telling the Africans that they now own them. It looks like they’re somewhere in South Africa and they’re about to turn into slaves and are forced to work for them, which shows lack of concern for the environment, unfair working conditions and child labor.