The Political Sins of Jon Stewart

Hart, Roderick P.; Hartelius, E. Johanna

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“…Survey data have also been used by Young and Tisinger (2006) to reveal that the consumption of politically oriented entertainment television content is not orthogonal to engaging traditional news content. It has been important to show how the consumption of these entertainment-oriented programs can serve to complement the use of traditional news, especially given some of the normative arguments lodged against programs like The Daily Show (e.g., Hart & Hartelius, 2007). However, this line of research has evolved to a point where there needs to be a clearer understanding of who is tuning in to watch these programs.…”

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Predicting the Consumption of Political TV Satire: Affinity for Political Humor,The Daily Show, andThe Colbert Report

Hmielowski¹,

Holbert

Lee

2011

Communication Monographs

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Content analyses have focused on the messages offered in political TV satire, and the communication discipline is amassing solid empirical evidence concerning a range of effects derived from this style of programming. However, there is remarkably little understanding of who is tuning in to view political TV satire beyond the audience being dominated by a younger demographic. It is imperative to have a better understanding of the audience for these programs in order to place any effects in their proper context. A statewide survey (N 0305) was conducted to identify predictors of political TV satire viewing. Analyses identify four variables which are particularly important in predicting political TV satire exposure: age, exposure to satirical sitcoms, exposure to liberal cable news programming, and the newly explicated and operationalized Affinity for Political Humor scale.

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Predicting the Consumption of Political TV Satire: Affinity for Political Humor,The Daily Show, andThe Colbert Report

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Holbert

Lee

2011

Communication Monographs

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“…TDS plays by the rules of the game (metaphor) specifically in order to break them, and this by highlighting the ways in which troping is not a way out of political action but is itself political action. Therefore, against assertions that TDS's brand of political humor cultivates cynicism and political disengagement, we contend that TDS provides tools that enable healthy political engagement (see Bennett, 2007;Hariman, 2007;Hart & Hartelius, 2007). One could also charge that Stewart, by virtue of his racial, gender, and class privilege, merely defers and jests the risks associated in racial critique.…”

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Trumping Tropes with Joke(r)s:The Daily Show“Plays the Race Card”

Gilbert

Rossing

2013

Western Journal of Communication

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“…2 As such, cynics are preoccupied with questioning politicians' motives rather than objectively judging their behaviors (Hart & Hartelius, 2007). Our study particularly focuses on cynicism toward politicians as they are most prominently present in public debate.…”

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“…As cynical citizens expect to be disappointed by their representatives beforehand and are pessimistic about the rewards of political engagement (Fieschi & Heywood, 2004), they are less willing to engage in politics (Hart & Hartelius, 2007). Soft news may thus potentially constitute a danger for society's democratic quality.…”

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Soft News With Hard Consequences? Introducing a Nuanced Measure of Soft Versus Hard News Exposure and Its Relationship With Political Cynicism

Boukes

Boomgaarden

2014

Communication Research

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Soft news with hard consequences? Introducing a nuanced measure of soft versus hard news exposure and its relationship with political cynicism Boukes, M.; Boomgaarden, H. Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Download date: 13 May 2018Running head: SOFT NEWS WITH HARD CONSEQUENCES? AbstractThe possibly detrimental consequences of soft news are subject of popular and academic debate. This study investigates how watching particular news genres -soft versus hard -relates to cynicism about politics among Dutch citizens. A nuanced and novel scale measuring relative exposure to soft versus hard news is introduced using nonparametric unidimensional unfolding. The analysis of three public opinion surveys demonstrates a strong relationship between people's position on this hard-versus-soft-news exposure scale and political cynicism. People who watched relatively more soft news were more cynical about politics than people who watched relatively more hard news. This relationship was not conditional on individuals' level of political knowledge and interest.

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The Political Sins of Jon Stewart

Cited by 85 publications

References 1 publication

Predicting the Consumption of Political TV Satire: Affinity for Political Humor,The Daily Show, andThe Colbert Report

Predicting the Consumption of Political TV Satire: Affinity for Political Humor,The Daily Show, andThe Colbert Report

Trumping Tropes with Joke(r)s:The Daily Show“Plays the Race Card”

Soft News With Hard Consequences? Introducing a Nuanced Measure of Soft Versus Hard News Exposure and Its Relationship With Political Cynicism

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