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http://dx.doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2020.8.4.409

Public Opinion on the Duterte Administration's COVID-19 Period through Editorial Cartoons on Facebook  

Bantugan, Brian Saludes (St. Paul University Manila)
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Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research / v.8, no.4, 2020 , pp. 409-431 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study explores the images and ideas presented by the editorial cartoons that have appeared in the author's Facebook timeline during Duterte's enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). The study analyzed 70 editorial cartoons posted between March 14, 2020, when Duterte declared ECQ in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, and June 22, 2020, a few days before the emergency powers of Duterte expired. This study used (visual-verbal) textual analysis as the research method to surface discourses embedded in the selected editorial cartoons. The editorial cartoons were clustered according to the roles the powerful people play in the images, and the details of each image were compared and contrasted to surface nuances in representation. The 70 editorial cartoons were classified into seven categories: (1) invisible (non-suffering) persons, (2) front liners, (3) privileged homeowners, (4) priority clients, (5) judges, (6) gatekeepers, and (7) dysfunctional public officials. They gravitated towards the tragic realities that call for acts of social justice and equity, and underscore specific contexts that need to be fixed by those in power.
Keywords
public opinion; editorial cartoons; Facebook; Philippines; Duterte; COVID-19;
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