Communicating Political Humor In The Media

Author : Jody C Baumgartner,Amy B. Becker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498565097

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Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape by Jody C Baumgartner,Amy B. Becker Pdf

In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more. This book is devoted to anticipating and addressing where the field of political humor and its effects will move in the next generation of scholarship, exploring the continued evolution of the study of political humor as well as the normative implications of these developments. It includes research accounting for important changes and developments "on the ground" in the political humor landscape. These include the fact that the cadre of late-night television hosts have completely changed in the past 3 years; there are now more late night television choices; and many hosts have become more overtly political in their presentations. Recommended for scholars of communication, media studies, and political science.

Author : Ofer Feldman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819707263

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Communicating Political Humor in the Media by Ofer Feldman Pdf

Author : Ofer Feldman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9819707250

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Communicating Political Humor in the Media by Ofer Feldman Pdf

This anthology of studies is a follow-up to Political Humor Worldwide: The Cultural Context of Political Comedy, Satire, and Parody. It further examines political humor as a distinct sub-discipline of political communication, influenced and shaped by a country’s culture. The book’s contributors, experts drawn from the academic fields of political science, communication, linguistics, sociology, culture studies, political psychology, and others, offer an assortment of studies from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Focusing on political humor in the media, the authors offer a panorama of political humor—including political satire, parody, and cartooning—in Spain, Poland, Montenegro, Turkey, Japan, Australia, Iran, Brazil, Argentina, Malaysia, and Indonesia, among others. They detail political humor’s multifaceted and versatile nature, suggesting that national culture and political humor expressed in the news media are intertwined; thus, understanding political humor requires looking at the cultural landscape of a given country or society. The book helps readers to better understand the factors that shape political humor across the globe in a variety of political and media systems.

Author : Jody Baumgartner,Jonathan S. Morris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135907778

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Laughing Matters by Jody Baumgartner,Jonathan S. Morris Pdf

This book examines the role of humor in modern American politics. Written by a wide range of authors from the fields of political science and communication, this book is organized according to two general topics: how the modern media present political humor the various ways in which political humor influences politics. Laughing Matters is an excellent text for courses on media and politics, public opinion, and campaigns and elections.

Author : Robert Lance Holbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317576556

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Entertainment Media and Politics by Robert Lance Holbert Pdf

The prominence of politically-themed entertainment is evident across the global media landscape. Given its popularity, it is important to gain a firm understanding of the mechanisms through which this diverse and multi-faceted content can generate democratic outcomes. In addition, it is essential to isolate and predict properly the strength of a given effect and the conditions under which a specific outcome will become evident. The works contained in this edited volume explore affect- and cognition-driven processes of influence, recognizing that humans are both emotional and rational beings. In addition, empirical evidence is offered to isolate and compare specific types of political entertainment media content (e.g., different types of satire) and citizens’ proclivities for this content (e.g., a person’s Affinity for Political Humor), in order to best understand the complex means by which entertainment media can generate political influence. Attention is also paid to expanding what can and should be defined as "political entertainment" media, which includes opinion-based political talk programming. The collection and its authors represent a global perspective to reflect the rise of political entertainment media as a global phenomenon. This book was originally published as a special issue of Mass Communication and Society.

Author : Geoffrey Baym,Jeffrey P. Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135751715

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News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe by Geoffrey Baym,Jeffrey P. Jones Pdf

In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentary about public affairs. Perhaps more surprisingly, so-called 'fake news' is now a truly global phenomenon, with various forms of news parody and political satire programming appearing throughout the world. This collection of innovative chapters takes a close and critical look at global news parody from a wide range of countries including the USA and the UK, Italy and France, Hungary and Romania, Israel and Palestine, Iran and India, Australia, Germany, and Denmark. Traversing a range of national cultures, political systems, and programming forms, News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe offers insight into the central and perhaps controversial role that news parody has come to play in the world, and explores the multiple forces that enable and constrain its performance. It will help readers to better understand the intersections of journalism, politics, and comedy as they take shape across the globe in a variety of political and media systems. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Popular Communication.

Author : Dannagal Goldthwaite Young,Dannagal G. Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 9780190913083

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Irony and Outrage by Dannagal Goldthwaite Young,Dannagal G. Young Pdf

This text explores the aesthetics, underlying logics, and histories of two seemingly distinct genres - liberal political satire and conservative opinion talk - making the case that they should be thought of as the logical extensions of the psychology of the left and right, respectively.

Author : Martin Echeverría,Frida V. Rodelo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000933840

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Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian Democracy by Martin Echeverría,Frida V. Rodelo Pdf

The book offers an analytical and empirical account of the specificities of political entertainment in post-authoritarian democracies. Centered around Mexico as a case study, the book explores the production of political entertainment in post-authoritarian legacy media and how political and economic conditions constrain the range and edge of discourse; how political entertainment in social media is shaped by the structure of platforms, as creators are encouraged to conform to specific norms such as constant publication; and the impacts of these media on attitude formation among the population. The book proposes a theoretical framework for identifying the specific conditions of post-authoritarian democracies that constrain the production of political entertainment, as well as its outcomes in terms of content and effects. This framework can be applied to the analysis of similar case studies, particularly in the Global South at large. With an analysis drawing on hard data, historical accounts, and anecdotal evidence, this volume will resonate within academic communities interested in political communication, media studies, transitional democracies, and popular culture.

Author : Shepherd Mpofu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030819701

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The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age by Shepherd Mpofu Pdf

"An original and sophisticated collection on laughter and ridicule in the global south in the age of digital media. This is a hard headed take which is as much about the robust ridiculing of the pretensions of postcolonial regimes, as about the dangers of the accelerated dispersion of prejudice and stereotype. A timely and exigent intervention". - Dilip M Menon, Mellon Chair in Indian Studies, Director Centre for Indian Studies in Africa "This is a superb volume of essays on the subject of laughter and ridicule as it is deployed to mock and put pressure on rogue postcolonial regimes by concerned citizens, with social media tapped into as a rich reservoir of political struggles and contestations between the powerful and the powerless! In this volume, laughter and ridicule emerge as a method and indeed a discourse of speaking truth to power." - Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South & member of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South brings to critical and intellectual attention the role of humour in the digital era in the Global South. Many citizens of the Global South live disempowered and precarious lives. Digital media and humour, as chapters in the volume demonstrate, have empowered these citizens through engagement with power and their peers, enabling a pursuit of a better future. Contributors to the volume, while alive to challenges associated with the digital divide, highlight the potentials of social media and humour to engage and seek redress on issues such as corruption, human rights violations, racism and sexism. Contributors expertly analyse memes, videos, cartoons and other social media texts to demonstrate how citizens mimic, disrupt, ridicule and challenge status quo. This book caters for academics and students in media and communication studies, political studies, sociology and Global South studies. Shepherd Mpofu is Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the University of Limpopo, South Africa. He is an African Humanities Programme Fellow. He is co-editor of Mediating Xenophobia in Africa (Palgrave, 2020). He regularly publishes in academic journals on themes such as media and identity, media and protests, gender and race.

Author : Ofer Feldman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9819984890

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Political Humor Worldwide by Ofer Feldman Pdf

This collection of original chapters reflects the increasing interest over the past few decades in the relationship between political humor (as a distinct form of political discourse) and a country’s culture: Beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and processes that are affected, shaped by, and related to historical experiences, socialization processes, social structure, religion, the economic system, and majority/minority relations. Written by contributors from various fields of study – political science, communication, linguistics, sociology, culture studies, and political psychology – the book looks at the central role played by “culture” in shaping and affecting the sundry aspects of political humor, including satire and parody. The chapters, focusing on diverse countries such as the USA, UK, Greece, Philippines, Israel, Poland, Italy, and Spain, as well as ethnic groups, offer a comprehensive overview of political humor as used by public figures, including politicians, artists, performers, as well as comedians, talk shows hosts and and the general public. By presenting fresh perspectives on the relationship between culture and political humor as employed during political debates in parliament, in media interviews and shows, on the internet and in art, the book opens up new avenues for discussion regarding the factors that shape political humor across the globe in a variety of political and media systems.

Author : Villy Tsakona,Diana Elena Popa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027206374

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Studies in Political Humour by Villy Tsakona,Diana Elena Popa Pdf

If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. It shows how political humour can be manipulated in public debates or become an integral part of postmodern art.

Author : Jeffrey P. Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0742530884

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Entertaining Politics by Jeffrey P. Jones Pdf

Contrary to arguments that television is detrimental to democracy, Entertaining Politics explores the role of new political television in shaping a changing civic culture. Jeffrey P. Jones shows how viewers understand and make use of the increasingly blurred lines between 'serious' and 'entertainment' programming and argues that alarmist critics who predict the end of politics in the age of television have misconstrued the role of the medium and the commitment of audiences to both TV and public life. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Majken Jul Sørensen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789188061010

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Humorous Political Stunts by Majken Jul Sørensen Pdf

A group of anti-conscription activists break into a prison, demanding to be jailed together with their friend already locked up because of his beliefs. Clowns from the rebel clown army mimic police sent to control political protests. Visiting Santas hand out presents taken from shop shelves without the approval of the shopping centre management. These are examples of humorous political stunts - public actions, hoaxes and happenings that confront systems of power. This book contains many amusing stories of such stunts, showing the boldness and creativity of the activists. Interviews and documents are used to show how humour can facilitate outreach, mobilisation and a culture of resistance. Humorous Political Stunts combines insights from the fields of nonviolence and humour studies and makes theoretical contributions to each area.

Author : Gadi Wolfsfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136887673

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Making Sense of Media and Politics by Gadi Wolfsfeld Pdf

Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication has to do with the myriad ways in which politics has an impact on the news media and the equally diverse ways in which the media influences politics. Both of these aspects in turn weigh heavily on the effects such political communication has on mass citizens. In Making Sense of Media and Politics, Gadi Wolfsfeld introduces readers to the most important concepts that serve as a framework for examining the interrelationship of media and politics: political power can usually be translated into power over the news media when authorities lose control over the political environment they also lose control over the news there is no such thing as objective journalism (nor can there be) the media are dedicated more than anything else to telling a good story the most important effects of the news media on citizens tend to be unintentional and unnoticed. By identifying these five key principles of political communication, the author examines those who package and send political messages, those who transform political messages into news, and the effect all this has on citizens. The result is a brief, engaging guide to help make sense of the wider world of media and politics and an essential companion to more in-depths studies of the field.

Author : Shepherd Mpofu
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 303081971X

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The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age by Shepherd Mpofu Pdf

The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age: Perspectives from the Global South brings to critical and intellectual attention the role of humour in the digital era in the Global South. Many citizens of the Global South live disempowered and precarious lives. Digital media and humour, as chapters in the volume demonstrate, have empowered these citizens through engagement with power and their peers, enabling a pursuit of a better future. Contributors to the volume, while alive to challenges associated with the digital divide, highlight the potentials of social media and humour to engage and seek redress on issues such as corruption, human rights violations, racism and sexism. Contributors expertly analyse memes, videos, cartoons and other social media texts to demonstrate how citizens mimic, disrupt, ridicule and challenge status quo. This book caters for academics and students in media and communication studies, political studies, sociology and Global South studies.