The Rhetorical Limits of Satire: An Analysis of James Finn Garner'sPolitically Correct Bedtime Stories

Missing the Joke: A Reception Analysis of Satirical Texts

“…Perhaps the reason lies in the rather open properties of satire, or in the practical arrangements and considerations of undertaking empirical reception studies, or even in the complex theoretical history of audience research. Those concerned with satirical arguments have generally conducted textual analysis (Gring-Pemble & Watson, 2003;Kaufer, 1977;Olson & Olson, 2004;Wilder, 2005;Wright, 2001). This line of research is typified by Olson and Olson (2004), who describe four possible reading positions and produce hypothetical readings of a sample text from those positions.…”

Beyond strategy: a reader‐centered analysis of irony's dual persuasive uses

“…Consequently, irony is "inherently and inescapably polyvalent," they conclude, and a risky choice for the rhetorical strategist. 45 For these authors, irony is an unlikely primary or sole choice for rhetors who want to influence others. These explanations hint at the ability of pure persuasion to overwhelm ordinary persuasion for some readers.…”

The State of the Art in Feminist Scholarship in Communication

“…Articles in the past 5 years have reiterated the utility of juxtaposition (Campbell, 1998;Cooper & Pease, 2002), petitioning (Zaeske, 2002), letter writing (Gring-Pemble, 1998), and humor or the comedic (Cooper & Pease, 2002;Demo, 2000). Most feminist scholars no longer expect to find "pure" tactics that can never go awry or be co-opted (Papa, Singhal, Ghanekar, & Papa, 2000), but they have argued that often devices such as synecdoche (Foss & Domenici, 2001), satire (Campbell, 1998;Gring-Pemble & Watson, 2003), reversal (Campbell, 1998;Hayden, 1999b), and narrative (Cooper & Pease, 2002;Fabj, 1998;Ford & Crabtree, 2002;Gring-Pemble, 2001;Schely-Newman, 1998) have affinities with feminist goals of dismantling patriarchal structures. In addition, new work is identifying mediating strategies for helping children to resist the stereotyping all too prevalent in the mass media (Durham, 1999;Nathanson, Wilson, McGee, & Sebastian, 2002), while other essays have identified transformational strategies within mass media (Natharius & Dobkin, 2002).…”