Media representations of Russian authorities in Russian and foreign political cartoons during the presidency of D. Medvedev 2008 - 2012

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Political cartoon is a democratic art form and part of political discourse. Like a “mirror of today” it reflects current political affairs on domestic and international arena in a humorous or sarcastic way. This study looks at the political cartoon as a complex multimodal text which conveys a certain message through its visual and verbal components.\n\nThe aim of the study is social-semiotic analysis of media representations of Russian political authorities in political cartoons in Russian and foreign printed as well as digital media during the presidency of D. Medvedev in 2008 – 2012 .This period is of particular interest since it was the time when a new form of governance in Russia, a “tandem V. Putin – D. Medvedev”, was born.\n\nThe theoretical basis of this study is the social semiotic theory of visual representation, which holds that a process of representation is motivated by cultural background of the sign-maker and realized in particular context. Images are seen within a realm

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