Table of Contents
Foreword Robert W. McChesney 1
Preface 3
Introduction: Surveying Scholarship on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Josh Compton 9
Part I New Research on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
The Science of Satire: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as Sources of Public Attention to Science and the Environment Lauren Feldman Anthony Leiserowitz Edward Maibach 25
Making Sense of The Daily Show: Understanding the Role of Partisan Heuristics in Political Comedy Effects Michael A. Xenos Patricia Moy Amy B. Becker 47
Stoned Slackers or Super-Citizens? The Daily Show Viewing and Political Engagement of Young Adults Jody C. Baumgartner Jonathan S. Morris 63
Is Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert for Democratic Discourse, Politics, and Policy Mark K. McBeth Randy S. Clemons 79
Jon Stewart a Heretic? Surely You Jest: Political Participation and Discussion Among Viewers of Late-Night Comedy Programming Dannagal Goldthwaite Young Sarah E. Esralew 99
Part II Theoretical Considerations
Irony and the News: Speaking Through Cool to American Youth Richard Van Heertum 117
Wise Fools: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as Modern-Day Jesters in the American Court Julia R. Fox 136
I Am the Mainstream Media (and So Can You!) Robert T. Tally 149
It's All About Meme: The Art of the Interview and the Insatiable Ego of the Colbert Bump Kevin A. Wisniewski 164
Real Ethical Concerns and Fake News: The Daily Show and the Challenge of the New Media Environment Bruce A. Williams Michael X. Delli Carpini 181
About the Contributors 193
Index 197