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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So? satire George W. Bush politics FOX fandom Comedy Central Gulliver’s Travels Half-Hour News Hour humor Daily Show Lil Bush criticism animation Little Rascals Jon Stewart contempt anti-fandom Rory Bre ...
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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  October 10, 2007

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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric Youtube politics President participation digital citizenship debates Kennedy/Nixon rhetoric election Curator's Note Mass Media has often played a crucial role in how we elect our politicians, and speci ...
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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  October 31, 2007

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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment Youtube race immigration politics elections scandal Liberty 9500 Virginia Curator's Note Forget Iraq. For those surprised by the effectiveness and overwhelming dominance of the gay marriage issue in motiva ...
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  Two Words: Chuck Norris

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  Ian Reilly University of Guelph

  January 16, 2008

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  strategy. Riding the wave of popularity made possible by chucknorrisfacts.com, an ever-growing archive of ...
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  Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

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  Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

  January 17, 2008

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  Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony politics fandom parody participation irony Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report Linda Hutcheon Colbert Nation Green Screen Challenge Jedis Curator's Note Irony, we know, is always a slip ...
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  Voting for Super Bullshit on Super Tuesday

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  February 05, 2008

  button is still on. Here, though, and especially on a day such as today, I’m interested in how this clip ...
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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  April 30, 2008

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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail Youtube viral video United States race President politics masculinity elections CamPain 2008 Bollywood Asian American Curator's Note In December 2007, 22 year old white American vir ...
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  Nadya Suleman: Drag Mom and/or Social Menace

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  Ronald Becker Miami University

  March 11, 2009

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  Note Although so much has already been said about Nadya Suleman in the popular press (and I’m sure ... clear, I’m not troubled by her “irresponsible” decision to implant 6 embryos at a time when she was ... (I’m not saying that that wasn’t irresponsible, just that I’m not all that troubled by it.) I suppose ...
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  I have an Army/We have a Hulk: Thinking Politics in The Avengers

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  john a. sweeney University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dept. of Political Science

  May 09, 2012

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  conditions of possibility for politics in our historical moment, specifically as bodies subject to the ... possibility for politics yoked to presencing a mutative capacity? Is there an inherent horror to politics? ...
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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change

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  Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  August 15, 2012

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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change skepticism politics politicalization polarization news media global warming Environment entertainment Colbert Report climate change Curator's Note The catastrophic consequences of ...

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