The Daily Show and Rhetoric
Arguments, Issues, and Strategies
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2011
268 pages
978-0-7391-5004-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the arguments the program makes about the media and politics, the strategies that are used, and some of the particular issues about which the program makes arguments. Overall, the contributors skillfully demonstrate that The Daily Show is more than just a show designed to make the audience laugh. Rather, the show provides useful information and arguments so that the audience can make informed decisions about the world around them.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-5004-7 (9780739150047)
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Persons
Trischa Goodnow is an associate professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Oregon State University.
Content
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Section I - The Nature of the Beast
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Arete of Amusement: An Aristotelian Perspective on the Ethos of The Daily Show
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Before and After The Daily Show: Freedom and Consequences in Political Satire
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Cramer vs. (Jon Stewart's Characterization of) Cramer: Image Repair Rhetoric, Late Night Political Humor, and The Daily Show
Part 6 Section II - Arguments
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: The (Not-So) Laughable Political Argument: A Close-Textual Analysis of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Models of Democratic Deliberation: Pharmacodynamic Agonism in The Daily Show
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Purifying Laughter: Carnivalesque Self-Parody as Argument Scheme in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: The Voice of the People: Jon Stewart, Vernacular Argument and Political Satire
Part 11 Section III - Strategies
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: We Frame to Please: A Preliminary Examination of The Daily Show's Use of Framing
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Breaking News: A Postmodern Rhetorical Analysis of The Daily Show
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Visual Aspects of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Part 15 Section IV - Issues
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Gaywatch: A Burkean Frame Analysis of The Daily Show's Treatment of Queer Topics
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: A Modern Hebrew Prophet?: Jon Stewart and Religious Satire
Chapter 18 Chapter 13: The Daily Show and Barack Obama's Comic Critique of Whiteness: An Intersection of Popular and Political Rhetoric
Part 2 Section I - The Nature of the Beast
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Arete of Amusement: An Aristotelian Perspective on the Ethos of The Daily Show
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Before and After The Daily Show: Freedom and Consequences in Political Satire
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Cramer vs. (Jon Stewart's Characterization of) Cramer: Image Repair Rhetoric, Late Night Political Humor, and The Daily Show
Part 6 Section II - Arguments
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: The (Not-So) Laughable Political Argument: A Close-Textual Analysis of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Models of Democratic Deliberation: Pharmacodynamic Agonism in The Daily Show
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Purifying Laughter: Carnivalesque Self-Parody as Argument Scheme in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: The Voice of the People: Jon Stewart, Vernacular Argument and Political Satire
Part 11 Section III - Strategies
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: We Frame to Please: A Preliminary Examination of The Daily Show's Use of Framing
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Breaking News: A Postmodern Rhetorical Analysis of The Daily Show
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Visual Aspects of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Part 15 Section IV - Issues
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Gaywatch: A Burkean Frame Analysis of The Daily Show's Treatment of Queer Topics
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: A Modern Hebrew Prophet?: Jon Stewart and Religious Satire
Chapter 18 Chapter 13: The Daily Show and Barack Obama's Comic Critique of Whiteness: An Intersection of Popular and Political Rhetoric
