TY - JOUR
T1 - "It-Getting" in the Colbert Nation Online Forum
AU - Mohammed, Shaheed Nick
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Previous experimental research that has found that college students exposed to a clip of the popular Comedy Central program entitled The Colbert Report were unable to distinguish its satirical intent from its stated content. To further investigate whether the show's viewers consume The Colbert Report as a satire of conservative television or construe it as a sincere expression of conservative sentiment, the present study examines the content of the program's online discussion forum. Forum posts reflect a diversity of responses to Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report, many of them recognizing the ironic qualities of the show and its host.
AB - Previous experimental research that has found that college students exposed to a clip of the popular Comedy Central program entitled The Colbert Report were unable to distinguish its satirical intent from its stated content. To further investigate whether the show's viewers consume The Colbert Report as a satire of conservative television or construe it as a sincere expression of conservative sentiment, the present study examines the content of the program's online discussion forum. Forum posts reflect a diversity of responses to Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report, many of them recognizing the ironic qualities of the show and its host.
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U2 - 10.1080/15205436.2013.804935
DO - 10.1080/15205436.2013.804935
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897444700
SN - 1520-5436
VL - 17
SP - 173
EP - 194
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
IS - 2
ER -