Essays about: "satire"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 essays containing the word satire.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. Beyond the "lulz" : audience engagement with political memes in the case of Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Lestarini Saraswati Hapsoro; [2018]
    Keywords : audience engagement; citizenship; civic engagement; civic agency; civic cultures; democracy; election memes; Pilkada DKI; political memes; political discourse; political dissent; Setya Novanto; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the roles of Internet memes as a form of contemporary political discourse in Indonesia from the individual perspective of audience members. In-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen Indonesian young adults were conducted to understand the ways in which they engage and create meaning of political memes, allowing for a closer examination on the media’s potential for contribution to civic cultures. READ MORE

  4. 18. Satire in Service of Postcolonialism : An Analysis of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia and Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime: Stories of a South African Childhood

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Torbjörn Reivant Olausson; [2018]
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  5. 19. Credibility in Comedy is No Joke : A multimodal study of the credibility of, and communication campaign manifested in, the political satire program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Emma Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : communication campaign theory; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; multimodality analysis; source credibility theory; subjective news;

    Abstract : Research into political satire programs show that they can be informative in the same way traditional news inform citizens and that the audience trust the information told by satirists. The political satire program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has inspired the phenomenon ‘the John Oliver Effect’ due to comedian John Oliver’s ability to influence the world of politics and beyond with his in-depth investigations in serious subjects. READ MORE

  6. 20. Grab Them By The Laugh : An analysis of South Park’s satire on Donald J. Trump and his Presidential Campaign

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Kristoffer Hangvar; Christian Norgren; [2018]
    Keywords : South Park; Donald Trump; satire; analysis; sitcom; cartoon; American; politics; parody; irony; pastiche; caricature.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyse how the American adult cartoon sitcom South Park (Parker & Stone, 1997) is criticising Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign through the use of satire and the relative tools of satire. READ MORE