Producing comics culture: a sociological approach to the study of comics

Brienza, Casey

doi:10.1080/21504857.2010.528638

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“…Mass media's influence extends from television commercials, to podcasts, to editorial cartoons; how society feels about various issues is extended into various media. Coming from news-media, the editorial cartoon can be seen as a product of society [7]. Not only do editorial cartoons reflect the artists' opinion on politics and pop culture, but they also reflect, describe, poke fun of, and document the experiences of the everyday person.…”

Section: From Articles To Comicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Visual Pathologies: The Semiotics of the Patient and the Practitioner in Comics

Rothewelle¹

2021

Topics in Primary Care Medicine

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Newspapers have been a stronghold news source for centuries covering a wide range of topics. Though reporting is meant to be unbiased and only fact, stories produced are inevitably entwined with the author's cultural values-news content ranging from sports to healthcare, including articles, advertisements, and editorial cartoons provide valuable insight into the lives of society. Voices, or narratives, are a huge part of how culture is created and maintained. In healthcare, patients can feel like their voices are not heard. In an attempt to bridge the gap between medical and humanities research and to gain insight into doctor-patient interactions, this analysis asks what ideologies and beliefs are present in medical contexts and how are they represented within the editorial cartoon. Recent studies suggest that mass media as societal discourse may frame or position participants within a society. In this theory of framing, culture is formed from discourse through a reflexive process. Using Kress and Van Leeuwen's research on meaning making, this study will perform a discursive analysis on medical-themed editorial cartoons from Carpe Diem, Rhymes with Orange, The Lockhorns, to Bizarro. Through this close reading, explicit and implicit cultural beliefs held about medicine, including practitioners and patients, have been revealed, including the portrayal of the doctor's power over the patient and patient distrust in doctors. Taking into consideration media theory and the analysis of the comics, medical associations and practices may find valuable insight from the opinions and beliefs of not just the authors of these comics but society as a whole, which may prove important as debates over healthcare are ongoing.

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Section: From Articles To Comicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Using this type of spatial display, art has the power to create deeper imagery and bond with the audience [1]. It is through the analysis of these elements that viewers will discover cultural values and beliefs influencing the visual text [7].…”

Section: From Articles To Comicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visual Pathologies: The Semiotics of the Patient and the Practitioner in Comics

Rothewelle¹

2021

Topics in Primary Care Medicine

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“…Furthermore, there is a certain overlap here with production of culture studies that consider mediation of popular culture in the context of globalization (Crane et al 2002;Crane 1992;Du Gay 1997;Dowd and Janssen 2011), specifically through TV (Bielby and Harrington 2008). More recently, other sociologists of culture undertook comprehensive studies of the celebrity culture industry (Gamson 1994;Rojek 2001;Van Krieken 2012), talk shows (Gamson 1998;Grindstaff 2002), and comics and manga (Brienza 2009;Brienza 2010;Brienza 2014;Brienza 2016;Kinsella 2000).…”

Section: Media Production and Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Field of American Media Sociology: Origins, Resurrection, and Consolidation

Brienza

Revers

2016

Sociology Compass

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This contribution is written against the backdrop of the historic dispersal of early American media sociology out from the core concerns of the discipline and into various importer academic disciplines (including communication, journalism, and media studies) and an ever‐growing pervasiveness of media in everyday life which is reflected by a resurgence of sociological scholarship in the United States since the early 2000s. The article divides the field in works that study media inwards – along the threefold dimensions of production and technologies, communication and discourse, reception and effects – and works that study media outwards. We argue that this latter perspective, examining broader theoretical, methodological, and substantive social implications of mass‐mediated communication, is the most promising one for a mature field of American media sociology. On this basis, we conclude with some suggestions regarding possible new, and as of yet understudied, lines of inquiry for future media sociologists.

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“…It is along these lines that RTTC doctoral student Emanuelle Dufour positions her own practice in graphic novellas as research-creation, recognizing that the making of comics, just like any other artistic medium, arises from and contributes to the production of culture (Brienza, 2010). The artist's picturing of people and fragmented life stories contributes to the gathering of data for a multipurpose analysis, while offering a broad potential for reflexivity and alternative knowledge production.…”

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The "Art" of the Right to the City: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in Pointe-St-Charles

Vaughan¹,

Dufour²,

Hammond³

2016

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What does it mean for artists within academia to make art, teach and learn with and in community, in particular the challenged and challenging Montreal neighborhood of Pointe-St-Charles? This article addresses community engagement in "The Point" from the perspectives of a doctoral student and two instructors involved in "The Right to the City" (TRTC), a three-year, interdisciplinary, placed-based teaching initiative of Concordia University (Montreal). Showcasing the student’s graphic novella, based on the oral history interview of a longtime resident, this article affirms the importance of reciprocity—learning with rather than about—within academic and artistic outreach.

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Producing comics culture: a sociological approach to the study of comics

Cited by 34 publications

References 22 publications

Visual Pathologies: The Semiotics of the Patient and the Practitioner in Comics

Visual Pathologies: The Semiotics of the Patient and the Practitioner in Comics

The Field of American Media Sociology: Origins, Resurrection, and Consolidation

The "Art" of the Right to the City: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in Pointe-St-Charles

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