Irony and outrage : the polarized landscape of rage, fear, and laughter in the United States /
"For almost a decade, journalists and pundits have been asking why we don't see successful examples of political satire from conservatives or of opinion talk radio from liberals. This book turns that question on its head to argue that opinion talk is the political satire of the right and p...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The counterculture comics versus the hate clubs of the air
- Political and technological changes that created Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly
- Outrage and satire as responses and antidotes
- The psychology of satire
- Who gets the joke?
- The psychology of the left and the right
- The psychological roots of humor's liberal bias
- The aesthetics of outrage
- Satire and outrage : parallel functions and impact
- Playing against type : liberal "outrage" and conservative "satire"
- Irony and outrage : wild raccoon versus a well-trained attack dog.