Description
• Takes a sweeping look at the role of political humor in framing the nation’s political discourse, putting an entertaining topic in context with serious political analysis.
• Offers the first look at political humor during the Biden years and projects past them to the evolution of political humor post-Trump.
• Combines content analysis of leading late-night programs and public opinion studies from other sources, including the Pew Research Center, showing students the importance of empirical research and analysis. • Focuses on the very latest aspects of the social media age – and on comedy programs very popular with young adults – speaking to college-age readers in particular.
• Takes a unique interdisciplinary/mixed-methodology approach to American political humor, from political science, communication studies, media studies, and other fields.
Book Information
ISBN 9781032254159
Author Stephen J. Farnsworth
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
