9781138370654-1138370657-Late Night with Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency

Late Night with Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency

ISBN-13: 9781138370654
ISBN-10: 1138370657
Edition: 1
Author: Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 176 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781138370654
ISBN-10: 1138370657
Edition: 1
Author: Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback 176 pages

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Late Night with Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency (ISBN-13: 9781138370654 and ISBN-10: 1138370657), written by authors Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, was published by Routledge in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Specific Topics (Politics & Government) books. You can easily purchase or rent Late Night with Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Specific Topics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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Political humor has been a staple of late-night television for decades. The Trump White House, however, has received significantly greater attention than that of past presidents, such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and even Bill Clinton. In response to Trump’s strident politics, late-night comics, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon, have sounded key policy notes, further blurring the boundary between news and satire. Weekly humorists, including John Oliver and Samantha Bee, extend the critique with in-depth probing of key issues, while Saturday Night Live continues to tap the progression from outrage to outrageousness.

Using unique content analysis techniques and qualitative discussions of political humor, Farnsworth and Lichter show how late-night political humor, and these seven programs in particular, have responded to the Trump presidency. Employing a dataset of more than 100,000 late night jokes going back decades, these noted media scholars discuss how the treatment of Trump differs from previous presidents, and how the Trump era is likely to shape the future of political humor. The authors also employ public opinion survey data to consider the growing role these late-night programs play in framing public opinion and priorities. This book will interest scholars, the curious public, and students of politics, communications and the media, and contemporary American culture.

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