Political Science 2143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Political Satire
4 Jan 2021
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Infotainment: the blurring of entertainment and media information. Combining politics and media may lead to a more informed citizens politics is boring, making it entertainment may mean there are more people informed. Making fun of politics/making politics fun through humour. Trump is satirized more than any other political leader. Satire from borowitz report obama is producing. Challenges in political satire in trump era: How do you poke fun at a man who is so absurd he satirizes himself? . Many forms of entertainment have a political dimension/undertone. Ussr: banned music, not to be played western capitalist propaganda. Entertainment media can become blurred with politics in general can be confused with actual newscasts.
