Introduction: Still Good for a Laugh? Political Humor in a Changing
Media Landscape
Jody C Baumgartner and Amy B. Becker
Section I: Comedy, Advocacy, Journalism, or Something Else
Entirely? It’s Not Just Entertainment Anymore
Chapter 1: The Rise of Advocacy Satire
Don J. Waisanen
Chapter 2: Journalist or Jokester? An Analysis of Last Week Tonight
with John Oliver
Julia R. Fox
Chapter 3: Partisan Trends in Late Night Humor
S. Robert Lichter and Stephen J. Farnsworth
Section II: Impacting Citizenship: The Effects of Exposure to
Political Comedy on Democratic Engagement
Chapter 4: The Limits of Attitude Change: Political Humor during
the 2016 Campaign
Jody C Baumgartner
Chapter 5: Interviews and Viewing Motivations: Exploring
Connections between Political Satire, Perceived Learning, and
Elaborative Processing
Amy B. Becker
Chapter 6: Inoculation against/with Political Humor
Josh Compton
Section III: Humor Appreciation: Audience Responses to Political
Comedy
Chapter 7: The Political Ethology of Debate Humor and Audience
Laughter: Understanding Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Their
Audiences
Patrick A. Stewart, Reagan Dye, and Austin Eubanks
Chapter 8: The Joke is on You: Satire and Blowback
Sophia A. McClennen
Chapter 9: What is Funny to Whom? Applying an Integrative
Theoretical Framework to the Study of Political Humor
Appreciation
Christiane Grill
Section IV: It’s Gone Global: International Perspectives on
Political Comedy
Chapter 10: Political Entertainment in Comparative Perspective:
Exploring the Applicability of the Gateway Hypothesis across Media
Systems
Michael A. Xenos, Patricia Moy, Gianpietro Mazzoleni, and Julian
Meuller-Herbst
Chapter 11: The Causes and Consequences of Affinity for Political
Humor
Mark Boukes
Chapter 12: Freedom of the Press in Israeli and American Satire
Edo Steinberg
Section V: Prospects for a New Generation of Laughter: The
Evolution of Political Comedy
Chapter 13: A New Generation of Satire Consumers?: A Socialization
Approach to Youth Exposure to News Satire
Stephanie A. Edgerly
Chapter 14: The Context for Comedy: Presidential Candidates and
Comedy Television
Michael Parkin
Chapter 15: The Ides of September: Jimmy Fallon, Donald Trump, and
the Changing Politics of Late Night Television
Jonathan S. Morris
Conclusion: Looking Ahead to the Future: Why Laughing Will Matter
Even More in the Decade to Come
Amy B. Becker and Jody C Baumgartner
Index
About the Contributors
Jody C Baumgartner is Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor of political science at East Carolina
University.
Amy B. Becker is associate professor in the Department of
Communication at Loyola University Maryland.
In Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape: A New Generation
of Research, Baumgartner and Becker have succeeded in compiling a
theoretically and methodologically rich body of work from today's
preeminent scholars of political humor and satire. The volume
features cutting edge experimental and survey research as well as
content and rhetorical analysis to explore the predictors and
effects of exposure to political humor and the strategic use of
humor by political figures. This important work is a must-have for
those working in the area of political humor content, processing,
and effects.
*Dannagal G. Young, University of Delaware*
This timely volume reflects the truly diverse and interdisciplinary
nature of the study of political humor: a combination of
qualitative and quantitative approaches that update theory and
understanding of humor in an increasingly hybrid media environment.
That several chapters engage in comparative analyses makes the book
valuable beyond the typical US context.
*Lindsay H. Hoffman, University of Delaware*
This book comes just at the right time. A critical mass of
political humor scholarship has formed in the discipline and we
need an assessment of where we stand at the moment. This edited
collection provides researchers with a clear sense of what we know
and what we need to address with continued research.
*R. Lance Holbert, Temple University*
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