Responding to Charlie Hebdo

Exploring political cartoonists’ reactions and ethics positions following the attacks

Bibliographic Data

ID12909090
AuthorsJenn Burleson Mackay (Virginia Tech, corresponding author), Michael Horning (0000-0001-6857-4578)
Year2016
Volume11
Issue9
Pages1121-1136
Publication date2016-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2016.1243992
OpenAlexW2545207950
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

This paper utilizes survey methodology to explore the ethical perspectives of political cartoonists following the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Ethics positions theory is considered. Participants tended to be either situationists, absolutists, or exceptionists. Political ideology was associated with relativism scores. Findings showed that most of the participants (74 percent) reported that they drew a cartoon in response to the shootings. Participants expressed feelings of anger and sadness following the shootings. They reported that they drew cartoons illustrating free speech, cartoonists, pencils and pens, or violence following the shootings

Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Ethics in Business and Education · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Social and Intergroup Psychology

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