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Social Sciences --- Journalism, Mass Communication, Media & Publishing --- Lampoon --- Political satire, American --- Lampoon. --- Political satire, American.
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Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and Jimmy Kimmel—these comedians are household names whose satirical takes on politics, the news, and current events receive some of the highest ratings on television. In this book, James E. Caron examines these and other satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form. Tracing the history of modern satire from its roots in the Enlightenment values of rational debate, evidence, facts, accountability, and transparency, Caron identifies a new genre: “truthiness satire.” He shows how satirists such as Colbert, Bee, Oliver, and Kimmel—along with writers like Charles Pierce and Jack Shafer—rely on shared values and on the postmodern aesthetics of irony and affect to foster engagement within the comic public sphere that satire creates. Using case studies of bits, parodies, and routines, Caron reveals a remarkable process: when evidence-based news reporting collides with a discursive space asserting alternative facts, the satiric laughter that erupts can move the audience toward reflection and possibly even action as the body politic in the public sphere.With rigor, humor, and insight, Caron shows that truthiness satire pushes back against fake news and biased reporting and that the satirist today is at heart a citizen, albeit a seemingly silly one. This book will appeal to anyone interested in and concerned about public discourse in the current era, especially researchers in media studies, communication studies, political science, and literary and cultural studies.
Political satire, American --- Public sphere --- Postmodernism --- History and criticism.
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Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and Jimmy Kimmel—these comedians are household names whose satirical takes on politics, the news, and current events receive some of the highest ratings on television. In this book, James E. Caron examines these and other satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form. Tracing the history of modern satire from its roots in the Enlightenment values of rational debate, evidence, facts, accountability, and transparency, Caron identifies a new genre: “truthiness satire.” He shows how satirists such as Colbert, Bee, Oliver, and Kimmel—along with writers like Charles Pierce and Jack Shafer—rely on shared values and on the postmodern aesthetics of irony and affect to foster engagement within the comic public sphere that satire creates. Using case studies of bits, parodies, and routines, Caron reveals a remarkable process: when evidence-based news reporting collides with a discursive space asserting alternative facts, the satiric laughter that erupts can move the audience toward reflection and possibly even action as the body politic in the public sphere.With rigor, humor, and insight, Caron shows that truthiness satire pushes back against fake news and biased reporting and that the satirist today is at heart a citizen, albeit a seemingly silly one. This book will appeal to anyone interested in and concerned about public discourse in the current era, especially researchers in media studies, communication studies, political science, and literary and cultural studies.
Political satire, American --- Public sphere --- Postmodernism --- History and criticism.
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Lampoon --- Political satire, American --- Lampoon. --- Political satire, American. --- Polemics --- Satire --- American political satire --- American wit and humor --- Satire politique américaine
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Television in politics --- Television and politics --- Political satire, American --- United States --- Politics and government --- Humor.
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Soyez rassurés, bonnes gens, grâce à L'Amérique selon Trump , vous pourrez affronter ce régime émergent qu'est la Trumpocratie en toute sérénité. Ses illustrations en couleurs et son format pratique vous fourniront un aperçu de ce à quoi votre vie ressemblerait sous Trump. Dans ce guide incroyablement pertinent, vous découvrirez Donald Trump tel que vous ne l'avez jamais vu, depuis sa plus tendre enfance jusqu'à ses années de présidence et plus loin encore. Photos d'archives, articles de journaux et autres documents vous seront présentés pour vous donner l'image la plus complète de ce que sera la vie dans l'Amérique de Donald Trump. Vous y découvrirez les origines du bonhomme (« La Naissance d'un Trump » avec arbre généalogique et bulletins scolaires), son programme politique (« L'environnement ? Des conneries pour hippies ! ») ou encore son idéologie (« Si Einstein était si intelligent, comment ça se fait qu'il était pas riche ? »). Vous aurez alors non seulement une chance de comprendre ce qui vous pend au nez, mais vous pourrez aussi espérer survivre et prospérer malgré la trumpocalypse imminente (durée probable : quatre à huit ans).
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In this completely revised and updated edition (including eight new chapters), Jeffrey Jones charts the evolution and maturation of political entertainment television by examining The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Politically Incorrect/Real Time with Bill Maher, and Michael Moore's TV Nation and The Awful Truth. This volume investigates how and why these shows have been central locations for the critique of political and economic power and an important resource for citizens during numerous political crises. In an age of Truthiness, fake news and humorous political talk have
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A Decade of Dark Humor analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor-in a variety of forms-to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, more specifically, the aftermath. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from four countries to discuss the impact of humor and irony on both media discourse and tangible political reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates that laughter is simultaneously an avenue through which social issues are deferred or obfuscated, a way in which neoliberal or neoconservative rhetoric is challenged, and a means of forming alternative politi
Political culture --- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 --- Political satire, American. --- Mass media --- American wit and humor --- History --- Influence. --- Political aspects --- History and criticism. --- United States --- Politics and government
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