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“Seize Your Moment, My Lovely Trolls”: News, Satire, and Public Opinion About Net Neutrality
International Journal of Communication, 2018 This study examines the implications of messages within a fragmented media environment for public opinion about net neutrality. Drawing on media effects theory and an analysis of media messages, it argues that different forms of media use—including ...
Paul R. Brewer +4 more
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Mainstreaming and Weaponizing Satire in Nigerian Journalism Practice
Journalism and MediaSatire has gained increased scholarly traction across journalism and related fields. The genre increases the entertainment value of journalism and broadens its appeal.
Jude Nwakpoke Ogbodo +3 more
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Catchier Than COVID: An Analysis of Pandemic Coverage by Dutch News Satire Show Zondag Met Lubach
International Journal of Communication, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic brought about difficulties for science communication in the form of declining trust in science journalism and political instrumentalization of scientific discourse. News satire has been hailed as a valid alternative to conventional
Jonas Nicolaï, Pieter Maeseele
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International Journal of Communication, 2017 Research has shown that exposure to political satire elicits negative emotions, which in turn mobilize political participation. We conducted an experiment to extend this line of research by examining the type of exposure (i.e., exposure to counter- and ...
Hsuan-Ting Chen, Chen Gan, Ping Sun
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The degenerative aesthetics of the dankest meme lords
The European Journal of Humour ResearchDrawing on historical and theoretical accounts that treat satire as a mobile mode rather than a fixed genre, I argue that satire’s political orientation cannot be predetermined: satire habitually oscillates between restraint and license, enforcing norms
Andrew Benjamin Bricker
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Issues of poetic satire of the kumyk writer Nabi Khanmurzaev
КавказологияThe satire, which reacts most acutely to social and political changes in the life of any nation and reflects reality most truthfully, remains an understudied area in Dagestani literary studies.
Sabina N. Khanbalaeva +2 more
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Egypt’s Jon Stewart: Humorous Political Satire and Serious Culture Jamming
International Journal of Communication, 2017 With the upsurge of political resistance in January 2011, politics became the focus of the majority of Egyptians. In such troubled times, political satire is often used as a form of revolt that serves to publicly express feelings and challenge the ...
Amal Ibrahim, Nahed Eltantawy
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“satire And Social Decay In Elnathan John’s Be(com)ing Nigerian And Adamu Usman’s Bivan’s House”
The Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and SocietyNigerian literature has historically functioned as a tool for political protest and social commentary, but contemporary writers continue to grapple with enduring crises of corruption, insecurity, and moral decay.
Mohammed El-Nasir Al-Amin
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This chapter provides an overview of the current literature about political satire. The current chapter extends most previous literature reviews by providing a more comprehensive overview on this genre-from the production of satire, via the content and its audience, to the effects that satire may have. Moreover, we highlight the information and opinion
Boukes, M. +3 more
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International Journal of Communication, 2013 Following the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision on campaign finance (i.e., Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission), political comedian Stephen Colbert took to the airways with a new kind of entertainment-based political commentary ...
Heather LaMarre
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