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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"cartoons"”.
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The Last Laugh: Selected Edwardian Punch Cartoons of Edward Linley Sambourne
… historical context and iconography of selected cartoons-of-the-week, one is better equipped to understand and appreciate the meaning, message, and humor in the cartoons. Chapter 1 introduces the Sambourne, Punch magazine, and the Edwardian period in general. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss four Women's …
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A Framing Analysis and Model of Barack Obama in Political Cartoons
… the frames that uniquely characterize political cartoons, including first-order, second-order and overarching frames. It then proposes a model of the frame building process in political cartoons based on framing influences, first-order frames, rhetorical themes, framing devices and overarching …
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Toys and cartoons: the correlation between animated properties and toy products
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The Use of Cartoons as Teaching a Tool in Middle School Mathematics
… focuses on examining the use of mathematical cartoons as a teaching tool in middle school mathematics classroom. A mixed methods research design was used to answer how the use of cartoon activities affects teacher and student perceptions of teaching and learning and student intrinsic …
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The Rating of Sexual and Nonsexual Cartoons as a Function of Repression-Sensitization
… between the R-S scale and the humor rating of cartoons. Through the use of Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scores, repressors were differentiated into defensive and nondefensive.</p> <p>The independent variable involved the presentation of two types of cartoons: sexual and nonsexual.</p> …
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The effect of exaggeration of cartoons on the performance of field dependent learners
… of salient cues that are presented in cartoons to improve their learning. In general, the literature indicated that cartoons could affect the performance of students when they are used as supplemental education devices. Moreover, cartoons can facilitate learning when they are enjoyed …
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„Wild Democracy” – The figurative conceptualization of the Parliament in Hungarian editorial cartoons (1989 – 2019)
… It has already been confirmed that political cartoons are rich in figurative devices (e.g., conceptual metaphor) (i.a. El Refaie, 2009) and they serve as a suitable corpus for the investigation of the figurative meaning of the Parliament. In the case of a conceptual metaphor, for instance, the …
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Bangladeshi Political Cartoons as Visual Rhetoric in the Context of Anti-Free Speech Laws
… this thesis is an exploration of political cartoons from Bangladesh, published between October 2016 - October 2020. The study is framed by the Digital Security Act (DSA), an anti-freedom of speech law enacted by the ruling Awami League government in October 2018. The cartoons analyzed in …
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The effects of teaching strategy and cognitive style on student interpretations of editorial cartoons
Many people assume that editorial cartoons are easily understood by the bulk of the population. For this reason, editorial cartoons are often used as teaching materials in the classroom. Recent research, however, raises doubts as to the effectiveness of this practice. Investigations by Bedient …
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Hakuna Matata! Do Gender Roles Really Matter?: a Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Walt Disney Cartoons
… examines the gender roles present in Walt Disney cartoons using a feminist rhetorical perspective. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are analyzed to determine the relative amount of power that women have vis-a-vis men. The thesis also examines the …
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What Do Editorial Cartoons about the 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change Have in Common?
… of humor related to global warming. Editorial cartoons, which were reviewed, provide evidence of the phantasmagorical nature of the United Nations' Conference of the Parties process. Among the main targets of laughter are China, the US, and India, as well as authorities from these countries. …
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The Changing Role Of Women In The USA During The 1920s As Depicted In Political Cartoons
… My thesis proves with the help of political cartoons that this statement is true and details the process through which women showed their strength and persistence in the 1920s.
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Generation of 3D characters from existing cartoons and a unified pipeline for animation and video games.
… system to generate 3D character from 2D cartoons, while maintaining important 2D features in 3D as well. However, handling 2D characters and animation in a 3D environment is not a trivial task, as they do not possess any depth information. Three different solutions have been proposed in …
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Johnathan Richardson's art theory: The canon of history painting and its preeminent realization in Raphael's cartoons
In 1715, when Richardson published An Essay on The Theory of Painting, he established English leadership in the writing of theoretical treatises on art. Prior to this time, no Englishman had produced a distinctive and comprehensive explanation of art theory or an essay that was of equal stature to …
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A multimodal analysis of the rhetorical devices used for meaning-making and humour in Saudi media cartoons
… study is an attempt to push forward research on cartoons and humour in the Saudi context which has little scholarly attention. It is further a contribution to the growing multimodal research on non-interactional humour in the media that benefits from the traditional theories of verbal humour. The …
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Aging and emotion : ratings of cartoons and the Survey of the quality of life of adult men and women
… emotional experience as measured by response to cartoons and the Survey of the Quality of Life of Adult Men and Women (SQLAMW, Malatesta & Kalnok, 1984). Sex differences as well as the effect of the sequence of cartoons were also tested.Emotions have been widely studied, yet researchers have …
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FEMALE GENDER ROLE REPRESENTATION BETWEEN 1990 AND 2010 IN IMPORTED CHILDRENS CARTOONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATIVE YEMENI CULTURE
… female gender role representations in imported cartoons across the years 1990 and 2010 and their resonance with the conservative Yemeni Muslim culture. The two selected cartoons are A Little Princess Sara (a Nippon Animation production) and Totally Spies (a Marathon Media production), both of …
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Criticism and censorship in the South African "alternative" Press with particular reference to the cartoons of Bauer and Zapiro (1985-1990)
… with the diversity that can be found in the cartoons of Derek Bauer and Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro), but rather chooses to focus on the potential of cartooning as a critical art practice. Given that the "flipside" of criticism is censorship, the effects of censorship on cartooning together with …
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