Is Satire Saving Our Nation?: Mockery and American Politics

ISBN-13: 9781137427960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 240 str.

Sophia A. McClennen; Remy M. Maisel

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Does satire strengthen or weaken public perceptions of politics? While political satire is nothing new, talk shows and news parody shows have taken this form of entertainment to new-and arguably powerful-heights. As the social media-savvy millennial genera

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Table of contents Preface Chapter 1: The Politics of Seriously Joking Chapter 2: Comedy U: Lessons Learned Where You Least Expect It Chapter 3: Some of the News That's Fit to Print: Satire and the Changing News Cycle Chapter 4: The Dynamic Duo: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Redefine Political Satire Chapter 5: When I Mock You, I Make You Better: How Satire Works Chapter 6: Mesmerized Millennials and BYTE-ing satire: Or How Today's Young Generation Thinks Chapter 7: Savin' Franklin: Satire Defends Our National Values Chapter 8: Laughing So Hard I Could Cry: Analyzing the Satire Scare Chapter 9: I'm Not Laughing at You, I'm Laughing With You: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Laughter

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Author Sophia A. McClennen: Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of Comparative Literature, Spanish, and Women's Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA where she directs the Center for Global Studies and the graduate program in Comparative Literature.