Abstract :
This paper is a study of relationship of print media cartoons and
the portrayal of international issues. This is an effort to explore
the portrayal of international issues through the cartoons published
in the two Norwegian newspapers (the VG & the Aftenposten)
and the two Pakistani newspapers (The News & the Nation) from
September 2008 to February 2009.For the sake of evaluating the
nature, degree, frequency and stance of the international cartoons,
the international issues, variables and categories are constructed
under the light of main postulates of the one aspect of the Agenda
Setting Theory that is “Framing”. Through a content analysis (both
qualitative and quantitative), Discourse analysis and interview
method, it identifies that in the case of the Norwegian newspapers,
the VG is more critical than the Aftenposten, while in the case of
Pakistani newspapers, the Nation is more critical than The News
regarding the cartoon coverage of international issues during this
selected period. The international issues were not covered and
criticized equally by both cases as there may be some hidden
pressure to the cartoonists to suggest what to sketch or not? How
to portray or not?
