TY - JOUR
T1 - Late-night Iraq
T2 - Monologue joke content and tone from 2003 to 2007
AU - Haigh, Michel M.
AU - Heresco, Aaron
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Allurie Kephart and Karin Steinbock, undergraduate students in the College of Communications at Penn State University, for coding the late-night monologue jokes. This study was funded by a Research Initiation Grant from the Penn State College of Communications.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - The current study examines late-night comedy about the war in Iraq. Specifically, a content analysis was conducted to examine late-night comedy jokes from March 2003 to March 2007. Results indicate jokes told (N = 986) about Iraq were anti-war, had a negative tone, and depicted the U.S. government negatively. The most common type of comedy employed to discuss Iraq was informative. The topics discussed in the jokes varied. The study also found differences in comedian ideology (anti-war), tone, and depiction of the U.S. government over time.
AB - The current study examines late-night comedy about the war in Iraq. Specifically, a content analysis was conducted to examine late-night comedy jokes from March 2003 to March 2007. Results indicate jokes told (N = 986) about Iraq were anti-war, had a negative tone, and depicted the U.S. government negatively. The most common type of comedy employed to discuss Iraq was informative. The topics discussed in the jokes varied. The study also found differences in comedian ideology (anti-war), tone, and depiction of the U.S. government over time.
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U2 - 10.1080/15205430903014884
DO - 10.1080/15205430903014884
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951576416
SN - 1520-5436
VL - 13
SP - 157
EP - 173
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
IS - 2
ER -