Essays about: "political satire"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words political satire.

  1. 1. Circumventing censorship : a multimodal critical discourse analysis of the Bulgarian satirical newspaper Pras Press

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

    Author : Elena Hristova; [2023]
    Keywords : political satire; political cartoons; censorship; Bulgaria; public sphere; multimodal critical discourse analysis; Pras Press; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the role of political satire in the Bulgarian public sphere through the case of the satirical newspaper Pras Press. The bi-weekly publication is centered around political cartooning and reports on public affairs issues from pop culture to current events. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unsettling Norms : Negotiating Dominant Culture in 'The Addams Family'

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Madelina Barve; [2023]
    Keywords : Popular Culture; Counter-Hegemony; The Addams Family; Genre; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the three most popular and acclaimed live-action versions of The AddamsFamily, those being the 1964-1966 sitcom The Addams Family, the 1993 film Addams FamilyValues, and Netflix’s 2022 series Wednesday, to understand how these popular culture textsnegotiate dominant norms and culture in American society. These iterations cover sixty years of cultural negotiation on non-conformity and each attend to a specific politics of conformity in their time. READ MORE

  4. 3. Keep calm and Die : Political satire in advertising, lessons from Slovakia

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Kristina Talabova; [2020]
    Keywords : Political satire; Advertising; Attitudes; Marketing Communications; Millennials;

    Abstract : Background: In the age of Millennials, when traditional advertising no longer holds the same power as before, an interesting trend has developed. Controversial politicians are on the rise and for-profit companies are starting to realize the opportunity to reach the hearts of Millennials with the use of political satire in advertising. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE POLITICS OF A CHILDREN’S BOOK Haroun and the Sea of Stories

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Safija Zuko Turkovic; [2018-09-19]
    Keywords : Salman Rushdie; fatwa; post colonialism; totalitarianism;

    Abstract : Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a multifunctional tale, representing and arguing for, among other things, political expression, opposition to censorship and not least a movement for free speech. Disguised as a children’s book, Haroun raises many issues central for Rushdie the author after he had been censored by a fatwa issued against him as a consequence of publishing the religious satire The Satanic Verses. READ MORE

  6. 5. Brave New World : Blind Perception of the Early 20th Century

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Sebastian Kylin; [2018]
    Keywords : New Historicism; Satire; 20th Century Britain; Discourse;

    Abstract : Huxley’s Brave New World portrays a futuristic hyperbole of mankind’s future as a result of technological advancements. From a New Historical perspective, this essay examines how BNW satirizes contemporary society by satire where the audience is both a part of the problem and solution. READ MORE