Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Section I - The Nature of the Beast Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Arete of Amusement: An Aristotelian Perspective on the Ethos of The Daily Show Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Before and After The Daily Show: Freedom and Consequences in Political Satire Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Cramer vs. (Jon Stewart's Characterization of) Cramer: Image Repair Rhetoric, Late Night Political Humor, and The Daily Show Part 6 Section II - Arguments Chapter 7 Chapter 4: The (Not-So) Laughable Political Argument: A Close-Textual Analysis of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Models of Democratic Deliberation: Pharmacodynamic Agonism in The Daily Show Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Purifying Laughter: Carnivalesque Self-Parody as Argument Scheme in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Chapter 10 Chapter 7: The Voice of the People: Jon Stewart, Vernacular Argument and Political Satire Part 11 Section III - Strategies Chapter 12 Chapter 8: We Frame to Please: A Preliminary Examination of The Daily Show's Use of Framing Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Breaking News: A Postmodern Rhetorical Analysis of The Daily Show Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Visual Aspects of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Part 15 Section IV - Issues Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Gaywatch: A Burkean Frame Analysis of The Daily Show's Treatment of Queer Topics Chapter 17 Chapter 12: A Modern Hebrew Prophet?: Jon Stewart and Religious Satire Chapter 18 Chapter 13: The Daily Show and Barack Obama's Comic Critique of Whiteness: An Intersection of Popular and Political Rhetoric
Trischa Goodnow is associate professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Oregon State University.
Trischa Goodnow’s The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues,
and Strategies is an important contribution toward the study of an
important artifact of contemporary popular culture. This volume
assembles a strong, diverse set of voices to explore the
significance of this television series. The book not only
illuminates its object of study but suggests several ways to
understand the intersection of popular culture and rhetorical
media.
*Barry Brummett, University of Texas-Austin*
In her introduction to this objective essay collection, Goodnow
(Oregon State Univ.) asserts The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an
entertainment program on Comedy Central, persuades by means of
political satire. In their 13 essays, contributors compare The
Daily Show to traditional news; consider the political arguments
that host Jon Stewart makes; discuss strategies used to inform
audiences; and contemplate the ways in which the show handles
specific issues, such as race, religion, and sexual preference. The
volume is similar to Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post
Network Era, ed. by Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey Jones, and Ethan
Thompson (CH, Sep'09, 47-0107), but is of course more limited
topically. Accordingly, it is a resource for those maintaining
comprehensive collections in political communication.
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