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On With The Motley: Television Satire And Discursive Integration In The Post-Stewart/Colbert Era, Amanda Kay Martin
On With The Motley: Television Satire And Discursive Integration In The Post-Stewart/Colbert Era, Amanda Kay Martin
Masters Theses
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report became cultural phenomena in mid-2000s. Their influence on politics and the news media brought political satire on television to a new level of prominence as politicians, world leaders, authors, and journalists flocked to the Comedy Central shows to spread their messages. The shows greatly expanded the boundaries of previous television satire programs by offering in-depth analysis of important issues in creative, hilarious ways, while taking the news media to task when it failed to critically inquire into government claims. When Stephen Colbert ended his show in 2014 and Stewart departed …