Stewart/Colbert Effect Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News

Name: Stewart/Colbert Effect Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News
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ISBN: 9780786458868

ISBN-10: 0786458860

ISBN-13: 9780786458868

Edition: 2011

Authors: Amarnath Amarasingam

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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. It is a vital addition to the scholarship on the collision of pop culture…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 5/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction: Surveying Scholarship on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report




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



Making Sense of The Daily Show: Understanding the Role of Partisan Heuristics in Political Comedy Effects



Stoned Slackers or Super-Citizens? The Daily Show Viewing and Political Engagement of Young Adults



Is Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert for Democratic Discourse, Politics, and Policy



Jon Stewart a Heretic? Surely You Jest: Political Participation and Discussion Among Viewers of Late-Night Comedy Programming




Theoretical Considerations


Irony and the News: Speaking Through Cool to American Youth



Wise Fools: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as Modern-Day Jesters in the American Court



I Am the Mainstream Media (and So Can You!)



It's All About Meme: The Art of the Interview and the Insatiable Ego of the Colbert Bump



Real Ethical Concerns and Fake News: The Daily Show and the Challenge of the New Media Environment



About the Contributors


Index