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   Mar 17, 2022 · A world awash in hilarity has rendered the traditional philosophical question of whether laughter should play a role in politics obsolete. Faced with the laughter generated by late-night comedians, Twitter trolls, and reality TV presidents, we must instead trace how laughter operates politically.

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   Laughter as Politics offers a novel account of laughter’s role in contemporary political life. A world awash in hilarity has rendered the traditional philosophical question of whether laughter should play a role in politics obsolete.

   • Author: Patrick T Giamario

3. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullPolitical satire and its disruptive potential: irony and ...

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   Jul 25, 2018 · While not dismissing these insights, this article argues that a more productive turn to political humour can be figured if one does not hope to find in it a possible trigger of social change, or even of a change in attitudes.

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   This chapter unpacks the political logic of laughter by investigating the relation between Thomas Hobbes’s account of laughter as “sudden vainglory” and his broader political philosophy.

5. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentPolitical Humor and Its Effects - Political Science - Oxford ...

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   Aug 23, 2022 · Political humor is a humorous message, communicated via any medium that references some aspect of the political world. Because various sub types of PH have different effects on those exposed to PH, it is important to differentiate between them.

6. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullThe democratic roles of satirists - Taylor & Francis Online

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   May 31, 2021 · What could satire contribute to the current era, with its combination of a high-choice media landscape and increasingly polarized political debate? Some hope that it could reinvigorate democracy by helping news and politics break through information apathy barriers.

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   Does satire affect political opinion?

   • The effect of contemporary satires on the political opinions of their audiences is contested. Some scholars and commentators claim satire has a unique effect and may reach a non-traditional or a non-convinced audience. Others argue that it validates existing ideas and makes traditional forms of political participation less likely to occur.

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   Can laughter help deflate the arrogance of ideology?

   • Stewart hopes that the laughter he and Colbert generate will help deflate the arrogance of ideology so that the values of tolerance, civility and rationality that govern citizens’ everyday lives can re-establish themselves in the political realm. As Nicholas Holm explains:

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   Can satirists challenge the status quo?

   • For example, in an Australian context, Stephen Harrington (2012) argues that the satirical programme The Chaser’s War on Everything (ABC TV) allows satirists to challenge the status quo with politicians, political parties and political issues differently, and at times with greater authenticity, than traditional news media can.

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   Does political satire have a lot of factual news content?

   • Several works, including Brewer and Marquardt 2007 and Feldman 2013, have found a good deal of factual news content in political satire. Baumgartner, et al. 2014 finds that individuals, in particular presidents and presidential candidates, are the focus of the majority of jokes told on late-night talk shows.

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   Is a politician a laughing-stock?

   • These days, every politician is a laughing-stock, and the laughter which occasionally used to illuminate the dark corners of the political world with dazzling, unexpected shafts of hilarity has become an unthinking reflex on our part, a tired Pavlovian reaction to situations that are too difficult or too depressing to think about clearly.

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   Is laughter a political issue?

   • Depending on how Hobbes understands and arranges the concepts of the passions, glory and power, laughter is either an intensely political phenomenon (as in The Elements) or is liquidated altogether as a political issue (as in De Homine).

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   Nov 18, 2017 · The effect of contemporary satires on the political opinions of their audiences is contested. Some scholars and commentators claim satire has a unique effect and may reach a non-traditional or a non-convinced audience.