The image as a pre-text and its regulation

between regulations and freedom of expression. The case of the cartoon of Bonil and the application of the Organic Law of Communication

Authors

  • Camilo Molina Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial & Universidad de Salamanca
  • Fernanda Cevallos Universidad Tecnologica Equinoccial

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29019/tsafiqui.v0i9.344

Keywords:

freedom of expression, organic communication law, Ecuador, caricature, multimodal analysis

Abstract

This article presents a specific debate about the limits of freedom of speech. Specifically, it analyzes how the exercise of journalism generates freedom of information and opinion with verifiable parameters of objectification, understanding them as a production present in a media that impacts the formation of public opinion.

For this, it presents the application of a Multimodal Analysis of the Discourse based on a cartoon by the Ecuadorian Xavier Bonilla (Bonil), the first Ecuadorian cartoonist to be sanctioned administratively by the Superintendence of Information and Communication (Supercom), under the principles of Organic Law of Communication (LOC), which forced the cartoonist to rectify himself, and its contradiction with the guarantees of freedom of expression. However, this document leaves open the conclusions regarding the freedom of expression in the cartoon and opens a scenario where it is necessary to ask about the role of journalism in its relation to freedom of expression and the framework of the essence of its genres and communication formats. The case of the caricature, especially the political caricature, seen in light of these freedoms, involves a discussion from the theoretical to the practical, since this opinion’s journalistic genre by its nature exaggerates reality from satire and humor.

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Published

2017-12-27

How to Cite

Molina, C., & Cevallos, F. (2017). The image as a pre-text and its regulation: between regulations and freedom of expression. The case of the cartoon of Bonil and the application of the Organic Law of Communication. Tsafiqui, 8(9). https://doi.org/10.29019/tsafiqui.v0i9.344