What Really Matters to Americans

cartoon: 

article: http://www.oudaily.com/opinion/editorials/pop-culture-is-not-breaking-news/article_fe12ce50-8844-11e3-8350-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Questions:

1. The topic of the editorial and the cartoon is what's really on American citizens' minds.

2. The cartoon represents the topic by showing different pop culture topics on a diagram of a brain and a small section of the brain that had important topics in the world and government showing that American's care more about topics like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby, new movies, and basketball teams. The written editorial represents the topic by expressing opinions on how topics like Miley Cyrus scandals are not breaking news and asking the reader would they rather hear about a celebrity scandal or the U.S. economy.

3. The cartoon and written editorial a alike because they both show that Americans would much rather hear about pop culture topics over topics like the governmental issues like the IRS scandal a few months back and the September 11, 2011 Benghazi, Libya attack. The cartoon and written editorial are different because the cartoon just shows what the cartoonist's opinion is on what Americans think is important and leaves the viewer to let their mind wander about what the cartoonist may be trying to get across, and the written editorial blatantly says the writer's opinion on the topic.

4. The written editorial is more effective at proving their point because the writer expresses their opinion in a straight forward manner whereas the cartoon doesn't put the point of the cartoon across as straight forwardly.

5. The benefits of drawing a cartoon are that the cartoonist can be creative in expressing their opinion and point and also can use humor. The benefits of writing an editorial is that the writer is able to get their point and opinion across very effectively. The drawbacks of drawing a cartoon is that the  cartoonist is limited with how much they can really say when expressing their opinion and point and if is usually left up to the viewer to assume the opinion and point. Also, when a cartoon is drawn, the point that the artist is trying to put across could be confusing or hard to understand. The drawbacks of writing an editorial are that the writer is limited to how creative they can be and also that the opinion has to be supported by facts which could be hard if the opinion isn't necessarily able to be supported by facts.