ABSTRACT
This study examined the importance of
political cartoons to newspaper. Political cartoons for any newspaper are
indispensible. It is a visual medium that engages the audience, helps them understand
and interpret the political, social and economic scene in the country and the
world. The political cartoons lately have gained much importance and have a
raised standing in a newspaper. Political cartooning is essential for a
newspaper to put out a point of view, which may differ from one of its own
.Cartoons that can help them understand the mood of the country benefit people.
Quantitative research design was used in which cross-sectional survey method
was adopted while the data collection instrument was questionnaire. Findings
showed that the impact of cartoons is widespread on our lives and how we use
them in our conversations, in our dealings even in the beliefs we have.
Cartoons have over the years helped establish and sustained our attention to
political satire and look at the lighter side of thing without reducing it to a
laughing matter. It is therefore recommended that further studies on this
problem should be based on psychological and sociological implications of
cartoons.
