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Decrypting of Messages in Sri Lankan Political Cartoons: A Multimodal Approach

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dc.contributor.author Gunarathne, M. K. S. S.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-02T10:15:41Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-02T10:15:41Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation Gunarathne M. K. S. S. (2023), Decrypting of Messages in Sri Lankan Political Cartoons: A Multimodal Approach, 6th International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2023), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. P169 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/26649
dc.description.abstract Despite being a gateway for a wealth of knowledge, the attention received by Sri Lankan political cartoons has been scanty. Thus, this qualitative study extends a discursive content analysis, using the theoretical base of multimodal discourse analysis, on a collection of 52 political cartoons published in the English weekly, Sunday Observer, from January 2021 to December 2021. The data collected through document analysis were scrutinized using a mixed methodology that encompassed thematic, content, and discourse analysis techniques within the framework of a semi-historical research design. The exploration set out to decrypt the messages and to unveil the numerous modes used by those political cartoons resulting in the discovery of miscellaneous thematic manifestations which could be placed under the three main categories of social, political, and economic. Additionally, the study also revealed the influence of different socio-political and economic contexts on these drawings whilst highlighting the purpose served by political cartoons in educating and spreading awareness to the common populace of their surroundings and their fate created by the incidents that occur and surround them. Further, the study demonstrates the effectiveness of political cartoons as a tool of communication that could extend its reach to the entirety of the general public without being confined only to literate individuals. Finally, the study recommends further research to be conducted on Sinhala idioms, analogies, and motion-picture references used in Sri Lankan political cartoons. en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.subject Contexts, Decoding Messages, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Political Cartoons, Sri Lankan Themes en_US
dc.title Decrypting of Messages in Sri Lankan Political Cartoons: A Multimodal Approach en_US


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