Location
Stewart Center 310
Session Number
Session 28: IMPACTS OF THE DEPICTIONS OF TERRORISTS
Start Date
10-9-2011 3:15 PM
End Date
10-9-2011 4:45 PM
Abstract
As artifacts of political culture, editorial cartoons reveal prevalent public opinion on a particular issue with direct or indirect effects to members of society. The central question addressed in this paper is how editorial cartoons in Kenya’s press framed the 9/11 event and the extent to which such framing accorded or denied terrorists, government agencies and other stakeholders legitimacy. Specifically, the section probes the extent to which the dominant frames careered, and whether framing tilted away or towards legitimizing or delegitimizing terrorism. From these, conclusions are drawn on the extent to which particular aspects of knowledge, opinion or ideologies were constructed within the Kenyan social space in relation to the 9/11 attacks.
Included in
Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons
So, What Is Terrorism? Framing the 9/11 Attacks in African Editorial Cartoons
Stewart Center 310
As artifacts of political culture, editorial cartoons reveal prevalent public opinion on a particular issue with direct or indirect effects to members of society. The central question addressed in this paper is how editorial cartoons in Kenya’s press framed the 9/11 event and the extent to which such framing accorded or denied terrorists, government agencies and other stakeholders legitimacy. Specifically, the section probes the extent to which the dominant frames careered, and whether framing tilted away or towards legitimizing or delegitimizing terrorism. From these, conclusions are drawn on the extent to which particular aspects of knowledge, opinion or ideologies were constructed within the Kenyan social space in relation to the 9/11 attacks.
Comments
Biography: Omanga is a Media studies doctoral student at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) - University of Bayreuth, Germany. This work is part of his wider project on the framing of terrorism in the media, with a specific focus on editorial cartoons in Kenya.