Tsunamis, waves, Quixotes, and KO-vidmetaphors about the pandemic as seen in cartoons

  1. Laura Filardo-Llamas
Revista:
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review

ISSN: 2174-3487,  2174-9221

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: Science's structure

Número: 11

Páginas: 14-20

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7203/METODE.11.18273 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review

Resumen

Several studies have shown evidence for the significant role that metaphors play in public health communication. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered not only the use of common communication frameworks such as war metaphors, but also the creative use of metaphors, which is particularly relevant in the case of cartoonists. This article presents a review of the different metaphors used in cartoons (both in Spanish and in English), with the aim of compiling different metaphorical uses and reflecting upon the evaluative function of metaphors and how they contribute to expressing different visions of reality. The examples collected here show not only how certain social and political actions are legitimised or discredited, but also how these uses often appeal to particular contextual knowledge.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This text is part of the projects CODISCO (FFI2017-85227-R), funded by MINECO, and STANCEDISC (PGC2018-095798-B-I00), funded by the Spanish State Research Agency.

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