The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have attracted much interest in recent years from popular audiences as well as scholars in various disciplines. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been named on Time magazine's list of the most influential people in the world. The ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection explore the issues engendered by the popularity of entertainment news, including the role of satire in politics, the declining level of trust in traditional sources of media, the shows' cathartic or informational function, and the ways in which these shows…mehr
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have attracted much interest in recent years from popular audiences as well as scholars in various disciplines. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been named on Time magazine's list of the most influential people in the world. The ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection explore the issues engendered by the popularity of entertainment news, including the role of satire in politics, the declining level of trust in traditional sources of media, the shows' cathartic or informational function, and the ways in which these shows influence public opinion. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Amarnath Amarasingam is a doctoral candidate in the Laurier-Waterloo Ph.D. program in religious studies and holds a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada doctoral fellowship. He has published articles in Studies in Religion, The Journal of Contemporary Religion, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Muslim Minority Affairs, The Journal of Religion and Film, and Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
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Table of Contents Foreword by Robert W. McChesney Preface Introduction: Surveying Scholarship on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report JOSH COMPTON PART I. NEW RESEARCH ON THE DAILY SHOW AND THE COLBERT REPORT The Science of Satire: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as Sources of Public Attention to Science and the Environment LAUREN FELDMAN, ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ, and EDWARD MAIBACH Making Sense of The Daily Show: Understanding the Role of Partisan Heuristics in Political Comedy Effects MICHAEL A. XENOS, PATRICIA MOY, and AMY B. BECKER Stoned Slackers or Super- Citizens? The Daily Show Viewing and Political Engagement of Young Adults JODY C. BAUMGARTNER and JONATHAN S. MORRIS Is Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert for Democratic Discourse, Politics, and Policy MARK K. MCBETH and RANDY S. CLEMONS Jon Stewart a Heretic? Surely You Jest: Political Participation and Discussion Among Viewers of Late- Night Comedy Programming DANNAGAL GOLDTHWAITE YOUNG and SARAH E. ESRALEW PART II. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS Irony and the News: Speaking Through Cool to American Youth RICHARD VAN HEERTUM Wise Fools: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as Modern- Day Jesters in the American Court JULIA R. FOX I Am the Mainstream Media (and So Can You!) ROBERT T. TALLY, JR. It's All About Meme: The Art of the Interview and the Insatiable Ego of the Colbert Bump KEVIN A. WISNIEWSKi Real Ethical Concerns and Fake News: The Daily Show and the Challenge of the New Media Environment BRUCE A. WILLIAMS and MICHAEL X. DELLI CARPINI About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Foreword by Robert W. McChesney Preface Introduction: Surveying Scholarship on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report JOSH COMPTON PART I. NEW RESEARCH ON THE DAILY SHOW AND THE COLBERT REPORT The Science of Satire: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as Sources of Public Attention to Science and the Environment LAUREN FELDMAN, ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ, and EDWARD MAIBACH Making Sense of The Daily Show: Understanding the Role of Partisan Heuristics in Political Comedy Effects MICHAEL A. XENOS, PATRICIA MOY, and AMY B. BECKER Stoned Slackers or Super- Citizens? The Daily Show Viewing and Political Engagement of Young Adults JODY C. BAUMGARTNER and JONATHAN S. MORRIS Is Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert for Democratic Discourse, Politics, and Policy MARK K. MCBETH and RANDY S. CLEMONS Jon Stewart a Heretic? Surely You Jest: Political Participation and Discussion Among Viewers of Late- Night Comedy Programming DANNAGAL GOLDTHWAITE YOUNG and SARAH E. ESRALEW PART II. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS Irony and the News: Speaking Through Cool to American Youth RICHARD VAN HEERTUM Wise Fools: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as Modern- Day Jesters in the American Court JULIA R. FOX I Am the Mainstream Media (and So Can You!) ROBERT T. TALLY, JR. It's All About Meme: The Art of the Interview and the Insatiable Ego of the Colbert Bump KEVIN A. WISNIEWSKi Real Ethical Concerns and Fake News: The Daily Show and the Challenge of the New Media Environment BRUCE A. WILLIAMS and MICHAEL X. DELLI CARPINI About the Contributors Index
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