This research assesses the influence of identity in late-night political comedy. Academic literature on the subject of political satire does not yet explore the significance of hosts or comedians’ identity as an influential factor in the comedy they produce. Through analyzing how the gender identity of Samantha Bee and the racial identity of Hasan Minhaj influence the way they approach late-night political comedy, I showcase the importance of the host or comedians’ identity characteristics and personal perspective in determining the way they frame a particular issue to the audience. Using a qualitative discourse analysis and John Oliver as a comparative case study, this research looks at what discourses and narratives are legitimized and re...
Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, t...
This small scale study or pilot case looks into how studio audiences participate; as well as how we ...
Since the early 2000s, women affiliated with comedy television have been widely discussed as excepti...
This research assesses the influence of identity in late-night political comedy. Academic literature...
Television has often been considered a safe haven for female performers, especially comedians. But i...
thesisSince its origins in the vaudeville tradition, the rhetoric of standup comedy has reproduced l...
This thesis seeks to address the liberative role of stand-up comedy insofar as exposing socio-politi...
Humor can be presented as a method to communicate with others. The humor language used to communicat...
Popular comedy in the United States has been rapidly changing in the last ten years. Because of the ...
Celebrities are a major part of the way in which we encounter and experience media culture, and they...
The purpose of this study is to explore how the relation between gender and humour is maintained and...
The purpose of the study is to examine how female and male guests are portrayed in two talk shows th...
Research into political satire programs show that they can be informative in the same way traditiona...
This paper asserts that we accept or reject humorous texts discursively on the basis of what we perc...
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project examines the rac...
Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, t...
This small scale study or pilot case looks into how studio audiences participate; as well as how we ...
Since the early 2000s, women affiliated with comedy television have been widely discussed as excepti...
This research assesses the influence of identity in late-night political comedy. Academic literature...
Television has often been considered a safe haven for female performers, especially comedians. But i...
thesisSince its origins in the vaudeville tradition, the rhetoric of standup comedy has reproduced l...
This thesis seeks to address the liberative role of stand-up comedy insofar as exposing socio-politi...
Humor can be presented as a method to communicate with others. The humor language used to communicat...
Popular comedy in the United States has been rapidly changing in the last ten years. Because of the ...
Celebrities are a major part of the way in which we encounter and experience media culture, and they...
The purpose of this study is to explore how the relation between gender and humour is maintained and...
The purpose of the study is to examine how female and male guests are portrayed in two talk shows th...
Research into political satire programs show that they can be informative in the same way traditiona...
This paper asserts that we accept or reject humorous texts discursively on the basis of what we perc...
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This project examines the rac...
Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, t...
This small scale study or pilot case looks into how studio audiences participate; as well as how we ...
Since the early 2000s, women affiliated with comedy television have been widely discussed as excepti...