Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 173-194 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Mass Communication and Society |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Communication