Breaking Boundaries: In Political Entertainment Studies

Dannagal G. Young, Jonathan Gray

• Publisher: USC Annenberg Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781625171757
• Year: 2013

Breaking Boundaries in Political Entertainment Studies brings together a collection of scholars whose work is leading the field of political entertainment studies, and yet it crosses methodological divides to do so, with quantitative and critical/cultural perspectives both represented. Indeed, each author worked as a part of a pair, addressing a similar topic as a colleague from across the divide. The result is a series of essays that add to and move beyond the state of political entertainment research—not only in content, but also in approach—by challenging readers to expand their thinking on these topics outside of the regular strictures.

Table of contents

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• Breaking Boundaries: Working Across the Methodological and Epistemological Divide in the Study of Political Entertainment — Editorial Introduction — DANNAGAL G. YOUNG, JONATHAN GRAY
• Breaking Boundaries: Can We Bridge the Quantitative Versus Qualitative Divide Through the Study of Entertainment and Politics? — MICHAEL X. DELLI CARPINI
• Toward a New Vocabulary for Political Communication Research: A Response to Michael X. Delli Carpini — JEFFREY P. JONES
• An Engagement with Jeffrey Jones’ “Toward a New Vocabulary for Political Communication Research”: A Response to Jeffrey Jones — MICHAEL X. DELLI CARPINI
• Political Media as Discursive Modes: A Comparative Analysis of Interviews with Ron Paul from Meet the Press, Tonight, The Daily Show, and Hannity — GEOFFREY BAYM
• Political Interviews: Examining Perceived Media Bias and Effects Across TV Entertainment Formats — LINDSAY HOFFMAN
• “Science: What’s It Up To?” The Daily Show and the Social Construction of Science — PAUL R. BREWER
• Cloudy with a Chance of Heat Balls: The Portrayal of Global Warming on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report — LAUREN FELDMAN
• Shifting the Conversation: Colbert’s Super PAC and the Measurement of Satirical Efficacy — AMBER DAY
• When Parody and Reality Collide: Examining the Effects of Colbert’s Super PAC Satire on Issue Knowledge and Policy Engagement across Media Formats — HEATHER LAMARRE
• Political Satire and Occupy Wall Street: How Comics Co-opted Strategies of the Protest Paradigm to Legitimize a Movement — DANNAGAL G. YOUNG
• The Rhetoric of Political Comedy: A Tragedy? — RODERICK P. HART
• Developing a Normative Approach to Political Satire: A Critical Perspective — MEGAN R. HILL
• Developing a Normative Approach to Political Satire: An Empirical Perspective — R. LANCE HOLBERT