Cartoon and society

Abstract

This article discusses the use of cartoons as ideological apparatuses, disseminated by mediators who act in the daily and personal life of contemporary society with the aim of reinforcing dominant values present in discourses and actions of hegemonic powers. Making use of epistemologies proposed by several different authors, the article discusses fundamental concepts such as spectacle, experience, apparatus, memory, and collectivity, presenting in parallel contemporary and historical cartoons produced in Brazil and abroad in order to discuss the construction of information and how it is disseminated throughout the physical and digital space. The possibility of social engagement aiming for collective and shared construction of information is also analyzed, leaving behind the role of spectator, transformed into an active individual in the production of knowledge.