Is satire saving our nation?
Subtitle: mockery and American politics
By: Sophia A. McClennen and Remy M. Maisel
Contributors: Maisel, Remy M., 1993- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781137427977; 9781137427960
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Humor; Mass media; American Political satire; History and criticism; American wit and humor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of seriously joking; title: Comedy U : lessons learned where you least expect it; title: Some of the news that's fit to print : satire and the changing news cycle; title: The dynamic duo : Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert redefine political satire; title: When I mock you, I make you better : how satire works; title: Mesmerized millennials and byte-ing satire, or, How today's young generation thinks; title: Savin' Franklin : satire defends our national values; title: Laughing so hard I could cry : analyzing the satire scare; title: I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you : how to stop worrying and love the laughter.