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Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to shed light on satire as humorous discourse, with an emphasis on ...
Adi Maslo
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Laughter as Resistance: The Rise of Political Satire in Croatia and Serbia
Političke Perspektive, 2016 With the recent rise of the Right Wing throughout the world, there has been a significant increase in production of countervailing political comedy and satire.
Srđan Jovanović
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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Challenging the ‘S’ of Mayoral Strategic Authorities: Standardisation over Strategy?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Labour government's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (EDCEB) represents the most ambitious attempt yet to embed devolution and ‘empower communities’ across England, completing the map of devolution under mayoral strategic authorities.
Nicholas P. Sweeney
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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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Traiano Boccalini: la ragion di stato tra satira e sinceritas. Quale accettabilità per Machiavelli ?
Les Dossiers du GRIHL, 2011 The ‘News-sheets of Parnassus’ (Venice 1612-1613) by Traiano Boccalini are a political satire in which the author criticizes in allegorical language the Machievellian origins of the Imperialism of Philip II supported by the Counter Reformation papacy. As
Antonella Ciccarelli
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The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Christopher Hilliard
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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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