Irony and Outrage
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-758180-3 (ISBN)
In Irony and Outrage, political and media psychologist Dannagal Goldthwaite Young explores the aesthetics, underlying logics, and histories of these two seemingly distinct genres, making the case that they should be thought of as the logical extensions of the psychology of the left and right, respectively. One genre is guided by ambiguity, play, deliberation, and openness, while the other is guided by certainty, vigilance, instinct, and boundaries. While the audiences for Sean Hannity and John Oliver come from opposing political ideologies, both are high in political interest, knowledge, and engagement, and both lack faith in many of our core democratic institutions. Young argues that the roles that these two genres play for their viewers are strikingly similar: galvanizing the opinion of the left or the right, mobilizing citizens around certain causes, and expressing a frustration with traditional news coverage while offering alternative sources of information and meaning. One key way in which they differ, however, concludes Young, is in their capacity to be exploited by special interests and political elites.
Drawing on decades of research on political and media psychology and media effects, as well as historical accounts and interviews with comedians and comedy writers, Young unpacks satire's liberal "bias" and juxtaposes it with that of outrage's conservative "bias." She details how traits like tolerance for ambiguity and the motivation to engage with complex ideas shape our preferences for art, music, and literature; and how those same traits correlate with political ideology. In turn, she illustrates how these traits help explain why liberals and conservatives vary in the genres of political information they prefer to create and consume.
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young is Professor of Communication at the University of Delaware and the Center for Political Communication, a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and member of the National Institute for Civil Discourse Research Network. Her research on the psychology, content, and effects of political entertainment has been widely published in academic journals and media outlets, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, Variety, and National Public Radio. She has also been an improvisational comedian with ComedySportz Philadelphia since 1999, and is the creator and host of Dr. Young Unpacks, a playful deep dive into the psychology of media, politics, and pop culture.
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Counterculture Comics versus the Hate Clubs of the Air
Chapter 2: Political and Technological Changes That Created Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly
Chapter 3: Outrage and Satire as Responses and Antidotes
Chapter 4: The Psychology of Satire
Chapter 5: Who Gets the Joke?
Chapter 6: The Psychology of the Left and the Right
Chapter 7: The Psychological Roots of Humor's Liberal Bias
Chapter 8: The Aesthetics of Outrage
Chapter 9: Satire and Outrage: Parallel Functions and Impact
Chapter 10: Playing against Type: Liberal "Outrage" and Conservative "Satire"
Chapter 11: Irony and Outrage: A Wild Raccoon versus a Well-Trained Attack Dog
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 239 x 157 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-758180-3 / 0197581803 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-758180-3 / 9780197581803 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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