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The Daily show and rhetoric : arguments, issues, and strategies / edited by Trischa Goodnow.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.D28 D35 2011
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LIBRA PN1992.77.D28 D35 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Daily show (Television program).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 259 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and the writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the arguments the program makes about the media and politics, the strategies that are used, and some of the particular issues addressed by the show. Overall, the contributors skillfully demonstrate that The Daily Show is more than just a show designed to make the audience laugh. Rather, it provides useful information and arguments so that the audience can make informed decisions about the world around them. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Nature of the Beast. The Arete of Amusement: An Aristotelian Perspective on the Ethos of The Daily Show / Jonathan E. Barbur and Trischa Goodnow
- Before and After The Daily Show: Freedom and Consequences in Political Satire / Robert Spicer
- Cramer vs. (Jon Stewart's Characterization of) Cramer: Image Repair Rhetoric, Late Night Political Humor, and The Daily Show / Josh Compton
- Arguments. The (Not-So) Laughable Political Argument: A Close-Textual Analysis of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart / John W. Self
- Models of Democratic Deliberation: Pharmacodynamic Agonism in The Daily Show / Kelly Wilz
- Purifying Laughter: Carnivalesque Self-Parody as Argument Scheme in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart / Aaron Hess
- The Voice of the People: Jon Stewart, Vernacular Argument and Political Satire / Ryan McGeough
- Strategies. We Frame to Please: A Preliminary Examination of The Daily Show's Use of Framing / Penina Wiesman
- Breaking News: A Postmodern Rhetorical Analysis of The Daily Show / Aaron Hess
- Visual Aspects of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart / Lawrence J. Mullen
- Issues. Gaywatch: A Burkean Frame Analysis of The Daily Show's Treatment of Queer Topics / C. Wesley Buerkle
- A Modern Hebrew Prophet?: Jon Stewart and Religious Satire / Brian T. Kaylor
- The Daily Show and Barack Obama's Comic Critique of Whiteness: An Intersection of Popular and Political Rhetoric / Stephanie M. Purtle & Timothy Steffensmeier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739150023
- 0739150022
- 9780739150030
- 0739150030
- 9780739150047
- 0739150049
- OCLC:
- 681481499
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