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Subverting Journalistic Routines: When Political Satire Intervenes to Challenge Public Broadcasting National Discourses

African Journalism Studies, 2021
Comparing and contrasting the journalistic routines that manifest in a Zimbabwean political satire show, The Week with Cde Fatso, and those manifesting in content from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television, the study argues that political ...
Danford Zirugo
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Trump’s Ironic Effect on Political Satire

Film quarterly, 2021
This essay analyzes how the presidency of Donald Trump presented a challenge to satirists. It argues that the ironic complexities of the Trump figure itself created an unusual situation for satire, one which required it to adapt and change in novel ways.
Sophia A. Mcclennen
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Machiavelli's Prince: Political Science or Political Satire?

2017
The history of Machiavelli's literary reputation underlines the paradox. Machiavelli recommended hypocrisy and ingratitude, meanness, cruelty and treachery as the traits proper to princes. Everyone recognizes "Machiavellian" as an adjective for political conduct that combines diabolical cunning with a ruthless disregard for moral standards.
G. Mattingly
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Applying mass communication frameworks to study humor's impact: advancing the study of political satire

, 2020
Political satire has been an object of study for communication researchers for more than a generation. Focused primarily on the political effects of satire exposure on attitudes and opinions, knowledge gain and learning, and efficacy and engagement, this
Amy B. Becker
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A world inverted: political satire and the proslavery argument

Slavery & Abolition, 2020
William Dent’s political satire titled Abolition of the Slave Trade, or the Man the Master has been uniformly categorized as a proslavery cartoon. However, elements of the visual satire invoked by the image invite a critique of the institution of slavery
Srividhya Swaminathan
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Is It Funny if No One is Watching? Public Response to Late-Night Political Satire

, 2020
The past decade has seen a dramatic shift in substance and tone in the political humor found on late-night television talk shows in the U.S. Relatively light-hearted political comedy has in many cases been replaced by more politically oriented political ...
Jody C Baumgartner
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Political Satire and Collective Reproduction: The Power of Political Nicknames in Hong Kong

Signs and Society
The existing literature on political satire has focused primarily on the effects on audiences and their responses to satirical messages, neglecting the exploration of the implications of these effects.
Ying‐ho Kwong
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Nuances of Political Satire, Advocacy for Peace and Development in Selected Oliver Mtukudzi Songs

, 2020
Zimbabwe is in the grips of a socio-political crisis which is rooted in the question of the legitimacy of the ruling ZANU-PF party following several disputed national elections.
Wonder Maguraushe
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The Birth of Modern Political Satire

, 2020
This book documents one of the most important moments in the history of printed political imagery, when the political print became what we would recognize as modern political satire.
Meredith McNeill Hale
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Deliberation in online political talk: exploring interactivity, diversity, rationality, and incivility in the public spheres surrounding news vs. satire

Journal of Communications
Political satire is often believed to enrich the public sphere in ways distinct from traditional journalism. This study examines whether deliberative qualities of online political talk in response to satire differ from those in response to regular news
M. Boukes
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