The Privileged Role of the Late-Night Joke: Exploring Humor's Role in Disrupting Argument Scrutiny

Young, Dannagal G.

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“…knowledge (e.g., Young 2008). Such findings are consistent with political entertainment research, which demonstrate the influence of prime-time television on individual-level political perceptions, attitudes, opinions, and behaviors (e.g., Delli Carpini and Williams 1994;Holbrook and Hill 2005).…”

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“…Young (2006Young ( , 2008 found that the satire used in late-night political comedy was an ambiguous form of comedy that required audiences to apply cognitive effort in processing the jokes. Baym (2005) offered a qualitative understanding of how people negotiate this ambiguity arguing that The Daily Show host Jon Stewart provides context for viewers as he interjects commentary during segments, moves in and out of character, and even laughs at himself.…”

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“…What results is a situation where the audience member misidentifies the satirist's beliefs and intentions. Because high levels of cognitive effort are required to determine the satirist's intention and true meaning, it makes satirical uptake a complicated process (e.g., Baym 2005;Feinberg 1967;Simpson 2003;Young 2008;). Coupling this complex process within an entertainment setting where people are generally less engaged in effortful cognitive processing of political information (Young 2006;Young and Tisinger 2006), conditions for miscues and biased processing emerge.…”

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“…While considerable attention has been paid to effects of consuming late-night political comedy television (e.g., Young 2004) little empirical research has examined the underlying processes and mechanisms (Young 2008). Using the satirical political comedy of Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report), this study extends beyond political entertainment effects studies and examines how audiences process political messages found in late-night political satire.…”

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The Irony of Satire

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Beam

2009

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert's political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.

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Section: Satire As Ambiguous Political Messagesmentioning

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The Irony of Satire

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2009

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“…Late-night comedy studies have demonstrated significant effects ranging from primacy and recency (Holbert et al, 2007) to acquisition of political knowledge (Young, 2008) Since the early 1990s the TV satire genre has experienced an intensive development. In close interplay with the Internet the genre has become a means in an increasingly focused target group orientation undertaken by Danish public service TV entertainment (Bruun 2005a).…”

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Mimicking Media: Funny Means To Achieve Serious End

Nadeem¹

2012

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Although a literary term used primarily to ridicule somebody or some issue Satire has been used very effectively by the satirical media in Pakistan through various late night T.V talk shows. This article examines the role being played by T.V talk shows amalgamated with satire, irony or caricature to either develop the perception of the people or get them familiarized with on going socio-political, socio-economic and educational issues/happenings in Pakistan. The qualitative study was conducted, through focused group interview, on 100 University students. The subjects apparently appear to be appropriate sample because they represent a majority that remains unmoved because of monotony in various talk shows but is capable of steering socio-economic, educational and democracy boat in the right direction if attracted properly to un-talked issues in the country. In the light of the findings of the study it is concluded that such monotony takes the general masses, especially youth, away from ongoing debatable issues of Pakistan but the mimicking media has brought the same general masses and youth back to feel concerned about such issues to form their opinions. Further, the subjects suggest that free media in Pakistan is at growing stage and socio-economic, socio-political or educational, etc., issues may not be discussed bitterly but in a light tone and manner to educate people rather to irritate. Hence, mimicking media could be a very positive effort by T.V channels to educate people of Pakistan where much is to be done in social sector so that they may contribute effectively to make Pakistan socially, economically, educationally and politically a stable and progressive country.

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Humor and Satire, Political

Young

2016

The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication

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For centuries, political humor and satire have been an important part of life in democratic societies. Respected and often feared for the influence they are perceived to have on citizens and elites, satirists have occupied a privileged role, both throughout history and in contemporary society. While the specific topics of and channels for political satire have changed since the days of Ancient Greece and Rome, the objectives have remained the same: to challenge the existing political and social order in a manner both playful and entertaining. With the application of social scientific methods and psychological theories, researchers have begun to identify and quantify the various forms of impact of political humor and satire. Recent important developments in digital technologies have expanded the possibilities for political humor's reach and impact. These technological changes as well as recent collaborations between scholars across methodological and epistemological traditions make it a very exciting and promising time for the study—and production—of political humor and satire.

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The Privileged Role of the Late-Night Joke: Exploring Humor's Role in Disrupting Argument Scrutiny

Cited by 160 publications

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The Irony of Satire

The Irony of Satire

Mimicking Media: Funny Means To Achieve Serious End

Humor and Satire, Political

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