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Articles tagged satire (14)

Dannagal G. YoungDecember 5, 2019

Why liberal satire and conservative outrage are both responses to mainstream media — but with very different powers

“Does satire have a liberal bias? Sure. Satire has a liberal psychological bias. But the only person who can successfully harness the power of satire is the satirist. Not political strategists. Not a political party. Not a presidential candidate.”

Joshua BentonSeptember 6, 2018

BuzzFeed, Bourdieu, and Samantha Bee: Here’s a collection of new research on where journalism is headed

“Recent love letters to journalistic innovations today read like declarations of world peace in 1938. Resisting the temptation to find sure-fire redeemers of journalism is important.”

Samm Farai MonroJune 1, 2018

How Zimbabwe’s Magamba TV produces political satire for a new social media-connected generation

“On the one hand, we know that quite a few government ministers actually watch our stuff….So these dudes, they do watch it, to get a sense of what young people are thinking.”

Loi Awat and King MuriukiMay 31, 2018

How a political satire puppet show unsettled the Kenyan elite

“At the start, we understand the intention of the show, and that’s to promote good governance and social justice in Kenya. So before each season begins, we have a list of issues that we feel are major things that we should address or highlight.”

Haris DedovicMay 30, 2018

How an online satire magazine in Bosnia and Herzegovina ends up reporting the news and fact-checking its peers

“The other day there was big news in Bosnia. They said a Hooters had opened up in Sarajevo…But we didn’t even get the chance to mock the sexist business model of the place — first we had to correct the facts. Which is, that it wasn’t a real Hooters at all.”

Isam UraiqatMay 29, 2018

How the Middle East’s Al-Hudood eases even its haters into reading its irreverent satire

Its Facebook chatbot asks angry readers what insults they want to level at the publication, then ends up looping them into a conversation. It’s also building a network of satire writers by training members of its community, who then train others.

Juan Andrés RavellMay 29, 2018

How Venezuelan satire site El Chigüire Bipolar stays funny in a country whose leader is tightening his grip

“I wouldn’t say we give hope with humor. That’s a stretch. But at least we’re helping bridge a gap with the censorship that’s happening on TV and radio.”

John WihbeyJune 26, 2013

What’s New in Digital Scholarship: A generation gap in online news, and does The Daily Show discourage tolerance?

The rise and fall of a narcotweeter, how to build an online community, and when fact-checking backfires: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Baratunde Thurston, Director of Digital, The Onion

Questions for Baratunde Thurston: What The Onion can teach real news organizations about social media

A mix of experimentation and structure has helped The Onion build real civic engagement. Andrew Phelps

September 9, 2010

What Apple’s new App Store rules mean for news orgs: Some new clarity, but still plenty of fuzziness

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