Titel
Campaign Comics: The Use of Comic Books for Strategic Political Communication
Autor*in
Katharina Lobinger
University of Bremen
Abstract
Political parties have long used comic books in their political campaigns. Whereas both ideological and political messages in comics as well as the social and political commentary in editorial cartoons have received vast scholarly attention, comic books and their use for strategic communication are rarely addressed. Thus, this article discusses the use of comic books in political campaigns and analyzes the mass media discourse on comic books used in the 2010 election campaign in Vienna, Austria. Results show the actors in the coverage put special focus on the violent and xenophobic content of the comics. Although these types of content gained much attention, the media failed to discuss the suitability of comics for political purposes.
Stichwort
comic bookselection campaignspolitical campaigningpolitical advertisingpolitainmentpublic sphere
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:467202
Erschienen in
Titel
International Journal of Communication
Band
8
Publication
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
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