LEADER 03699oam 22005054a 450 001 9910795651603321 005 20230629232441.0 010 $a0-271-08986-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271090351 035 $a(CKB)5590000000442611 035 $a(OCoLC)1244618147 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse97754 035 $a(DE-B1597)585356 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271090351 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6530572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6530572 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000442611 100 $a20210403h20212021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSatire as the comic public sphere $epostmodern "truthiness" and civic engagement/$fJames E. Caron 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2021] 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aHumor in America 311 $a0-271-09035-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART 1 Satire and the Public Sphere -- $t1. Defining Satire -- $t2. The Public Sphere -- $t3. Truthiness Satire and the Comic Public Sphere -- $tPART 2 Doing Things with Satiric Words -- $t4. Satire and Speech Act Theory -- $t5. Satire as Speech Act, Part One -- $t6. Satire as Speech Act, Part Two -- $t7. The Limits of Satiric Ridicule -- $t8. Satiric Intent and Audience Uptake -- $t9. Find the Punchline -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aStephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and Jimmy Kimmel?these comedians are household names whose satirical takes on politics, the news, and current events receive some of the highest ratings on television. In this book, James E. Caron examines these and other satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form. Tracing the history of modern satire from its roots in the Enlightenment values of rational debate, evidence, facts, accountability, and transparency, Caron identifies a new genre: ?truthiness satire.? He shows how satirists such as Colbert, Bee, Oliver, and Kimmel?along with writers like Charles Pierce and Jack Shafer?rely on shared values and on the postmodern aesthetics of irony and affect to foster engagement within the comic public sphere that satire creates. Using case studies of bits, parodies, and routines, Caron reveals a remarkable process: when evidence-based news reporting collides with a discursive space asserting alternative facts, the satiric laughter that erupts can move the audience toward reflection and possibly even action as the body politic in the public sphere.With rigor, humor, and insight, Caron shows that truthiness satire pushes back against fake news and biased reporting and that the satirist today is at heart a citizen, albeit a seemingly silly one. This book will appeal to anyone interested in and concerned about public discourse in the current era, especially researchers in media studies, communication studies, political science, and literary and cultural studies. 410 0$aHumor in America. 606 $aPolitical satire, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPublic sphere$zUnited States 606 $aPostmodernism$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical satire, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPublic sphere 615 0$aPostmodernism 676 $a321 700 $aCaron$b James Edward$f1952-$01194801 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795651603321 996 $aSatire as the comic public sphere$93756699 997 $aUNINA