ABSTRACT
Ever since the first appearance of cartoon in
newspaper, it has remained one of the most integral parts of newspaper. It
plays different role depending on the type of cartoon and caption used.
Cartoon, to many is an entertainment and funny graphics, whereas the power and
freedom enjoy by cartoon which news, articles and editorial writers lack makes
it possible for cartoonists to use cartoon to tell what reporters and feature
writers are afraid of writing. The paper buttress its calm with the use of
agenda setting theory. The researcher use survey method with questionnaire to
elicits response from respondents within Nigerian Tribune, Ibadan who were
hundred using a simple random sampling technique. The data collected were
analysed using frequency and percentage tables. Findings show that majority
of the respondents saw cartoons as message while many saw it as amusement. It
is recommends that cartoonist
should do away with cartoons that can generate tension and crisis such as the
one published about Prophet Muhammad.
