One “Nation,” Under Stephen? The Effects of<i>The Colbert Report</i>on American Youth

Baumgartner, Jody C; Morris, Jonathan S.

doi:10.1080/08838150802437487

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“…Jon Stewart's program is designed to offer a parody of a typical evening news program and includes a review of the day's headlines, reports from correspondents, and an interview-all on a stereotypical set (Feldman, 2007). Stephen Colbert also presents a parody, this time of conservative cable news host Bill O'Reilly (Baym, 2010 and processing the comedic messages inherent in the content (Baumgartner & Morris, 2008;Baym, 2007;Becker, 2012). In many respects, Stewart offers his impression or version of the contemporary media environment, whereas Colbert offers a more literal impersonation of a contemporary character type, taking on or adopting his chosen persona (Buijzen & Valkenburg, 2004).…”

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confidence: 94%

Playing With Politics: Online Political Parody, Affinity for Political Humor, Anxiety Reduction, and Implications for Political Efficacy

Becker

2014

Mass Communication and Society

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The current study examines the relationships between exposure to partisan political parody, affinity for political humor given a desire to reduce anxiety, and internal political efficacy. Analyzing data from a spring 2013 experiment (N ¼ 269), the results suggest that prior media exposure, an affinity for political humor given the desire to reduce anxiety, and a preference for humor that attacks the opposition are significant predictors of political efficacy. In addition, a three-way interaction between partisan identification, humor type, and affinity for political humor (AFPH)-anxiety relative to the dependent variable of internal political efficacy was significant. In particular, high AFPH-anxiety Republicans who viewed Democrat-directed humor were more likely to feel politically efficacious. The significance of the findings is discussed along with suggestions for potential theoretical mechanisms that can guide future academic research on the democratic impacts of politically entertaining media.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Playing With Politics: Online Political Parody, Affinity for Political Humor, Anxiety Reduction, and Implications for Political Efficacy

Becker

2014

Mass Communication and Society

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“…Scholarship on the eff ect of humor on attitudes and behavior has often been grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) (Lyttle 2001;Petty and Cacioppo 1986;Young 2008). In addition to humor, the popularity of impersonations, parodies, and images that political-comedy shows depict can further increase audience receptiveness to the content (Baumgartner et al 2012;Baumgartner and Morris 2008). Central processing involves high cognitive function and is crucial to critical thinking.…”

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Misperceptions in Polarized Politics: The Role of Knowledge, Religiosity, and Media

Cacciatore¹,

Yeo

Scheufele

et al. 2014

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Many Americans hold distorted views of elected officials and, as our study shows, the blame is due partly to our ideological biases and partly to mass media. Analyzing a nationally representative online survey, we corroborate recent research that found that one in five Americans still believe president Barack Obama is a Muslim and that almost seven in ten mistakenly think Sarah Palin, and notSaturday Night Live’s Tina Fey, was the first to say “I can see Russia from my house.” Although race, political ideology, and “born-again” or evangelical Christian status were the primary drivers of misperceptions about Obama’s faith, media use had a more crucial role in predicting the more widespread misperception about Palin. Misattribution of the Fey quote to Palin was greatest among heavy viewers of traditional news media and late-night TV comedy, which is suggestive of the “lamestream media” effect often espoused by prominent Republican figures.

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“…Studies of the popular situation comedy All in the Family suggested that the program may have influenced or reinforced preexisting racial stereotypes held by viewers (Vidmar and Rokeach 1974; Brigham 1975; but see also Surlin and Tate 1976; Brigham and Giesbrecht 1976). A recent study of the effects of The Colbert Report found that Stephen Colbert's satirical treatment of conservative talk show hosts led respondents to agree with the conservative viewpoints he was implicitly poking fun at (Baumgartner and Morris 2007).…”

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Polls and Elections: Editorial Cartoons 2.0: The Effects of Digital Political Satire on Presidential Candidate Evaluations

Baumgartner

2008

Pres Stud Q

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While the number of full‐time editorial cartoonists has declined in the past few decades, several have taken their craft online in the form of animated Flash cartoons. In this article I test the effects of one of the more popular animated editorial cartoons on presidential candidate evaluations of 18‐ to 24‐year‐olds. A posttest‐only experimental design was used to survey students from several universities in six states. The results from this online experiment suggest that these editorial cartoons have a negative effect on candidate evaluations. However, viewing the clip did not change candidate preferences and an analysis of the control group suggests that viewership of online humor may have a positive effect on political participation.

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One “Nation,” Under Stephen? The Effects ofThe Colbert Reporton American Youth

Cited by 104 publications

References 36 publications

Playing With Politics: Online Political Parody, Affinity for Political Humor, Anxiety Reduction, and Implications for Political Efficacy

Playing With Politics: Online Political Parody, Affinity for Political Humor, Anxiety Reduction, and Implications for Political Efficacy

Misperceptions in Polarized Politics: The Role of Knowledge, Religiosity, and Media

Polls and Elections: Editorial Cartoons 2.0: The Effects of Digital Political Satire on Presidential Candidate Evaluations

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