Rire et réfléchir ensemble. Le cas de l'émission américaine de satire politique The Daily Show

The press is a constitutive part of our society. It helps create national identities and formulates society's understanding of itself and its place in the world. Moreover, a free press is indispensable for ensuring the vibrancy of a democracy. For these reasons, a close inspection of news, and an evaluation of its performance, is crucial. We must look to the development of the mass press at the turn of the twentieth century to locate the beginnings of journalistic objectivity and the type of news we are familiar with today. The first section of this paper offers a review of accounts of this transformational period, placing opposing theories within the larger framework of the frictions between cultural studies and political economy, and underscores the need for a holistic understanding of the period. The second section chronicles the press's articulation of its new professional tenets, offers a definition of journalistic objectivity, and reveals its intrinsic limitations. The third section details how the modern press's ideal democratic mandate has been compromised, with the influence of the press being used instead to ensconce powerful interests. And the fourth section outlines the calls for a redefinition of journalism in light of the failures covered in the preceding section. Finally, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is offered as an alternative journalistic form that transcends the dangerous dogma of traditional news outlets, allowing it to fulfill the democratic responsibility of the press by encouraging a critical and astute citizenry.

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Parsing satirical humor: a model of cognitive-linguistic satire analysis / Raščlanjivanje satiričkog humora: primjer kognitivnolingvističke analize satire

Književni jezik ◽

10.33669/kj2019-30-08 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 231-253

Author(s):

Adi Maslo

Keyword(s):

General Theory ◽

Visual Input ◽

Fake News ◽

The Daily Show ◽

Daily Show ◽

Cognitive Linguistic ◽

Linguistic Approach

Even though not all satire needs to be funny, it is the humorous element that makes it amusing. This paper attempts at explaining the humorous element along with the inner working of satire from a Cognitive Linguistic viewpoint. This paper proposes an integrated Cognitive-Linguistic approach to verbal and visual satire, and the humor ensuing therefrom. By employing Blending Theory and General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH), the aim is to structure a comprehensive ready-made model for future satire analysis. The present study analyses satire in the fake news TV format of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a highly potent resource of both verbal and visual type of satire and humor. The results of the study elicit three main features of the satirical discourse of the show – ridicule, visual input, and cultural reference. Besides having significance for satire research, the results of the paper also raise questions on the general understanding of language.

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“Hi, Mr. President!”

Review of Cognitive Linguistics ◽

10.1075/rcl.00056.fon ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 180-212

Author(s):

Paula Fonseca ◽

Esther Pascual ◽

Todd Oakley

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Meaning Construction ◽

Political Satire ◽

Thick Description ◽

The Real ◽

The Daily Show ◽

Daily Show ◽

Critical Commentary ◽

Imagined Interactions

Abstract What makes The Daily Show with Jon Stewart so successful as social and political satire? Rhetorical theorists and critics have identified several mechanisms for satisfying the show’s satiric and parodic aim, which include parodic polyglossia, contextual clash, and satirical specificity (Waisanen, 2009). We present a unified account of meaning construction that encompasses these three mechanisms within the framework of blended fictive interaction (Pascual, 2002, 2008a b). Satire results from emergent effects of different conceptual configurations that have to be in place to integrate a pastiche of speech whose provenance originates in different and diverse contexts and genres. The integration of contradictory, conceptually disjointed pieces of discourse under the governing structure of the conversation frame accounts for the show’s most conspicuous satirical moments. These imagined interactions highlight facets of the real world for critical commentary. The thick description of an influential Daily Show segment deepens our understanding of contemporary political satire.

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News You Can’t Use: Jon Stewart’s Daily Show Media Critiques

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1077699019851228 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 97 (1) ◽

pp. 235-256

Author(s):

Julia R. Fox ◽

Edo Steinberg

Keyword(s):

Presidential Election ◽

Television News ◽

Public Trust ◽

Professional Practices ◽

Election Campaigns ◽

Network Television ◽

Younger Adults ◽

The Daily Show ◽

Daily Show

Against the backdrop of continued declining public trust in media, particularly network television news, along with rising ratings and recognition for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, this research examined Stewart’s network television news critiques during presidential election campaigns in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. The study found an increase in frequency and prominence of critiques over the years and a shift in focus to more undermining criticism of professional practices, raising the question of whether Stewart’s stepped-up criticism may have been at least partly responsible for growing distrust during those years among younger adults, his primary viewing audience.

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