Essays about: "Esteban Rahal"

Found 1 essay containing the words Esteban Rahal.

  1. 1. Good Cynicism : The Civic Potentials of Political Comedy and The Reasons for Its Absence on Colombian Television

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Esteban Rahal; [2016]
    Keywords : media; media power; media ownership; censorship; Colombia; political comedy; satire; humor; television; radio; TV genre; telenovela; cynicism; politics; good cynicism; cultural citizenship; monitorial citizenship; civic culture; leveling; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research addresses the potential of political comedy and satire as television genres in the construction of democracy and civic culture in Colombia. Through a set of elite interviews with representative individuals in the media, political humor and media scholarship circles of the country; and through genre-based and political, economical and cultural analyses, this research underscores the real reasons for the absence of domestic political comedy on Colombian television. READ MORE