Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment
Edited by Villy Tsakona and Diana Elena Popa
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 46] 2011. x, 290 pp.
Diana Elena Popa
List of John Benjamins publications for which Diana Elena Popa plays a role.
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Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2015 Multimodal metaphors in political entertainment Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics, Pinar Sanz, María Jesús (ed.), pp. 79–95 | Article
Metaphor is one of the primary ways we accommodate and assimilate information and experience into our conceptual organization of the world. The present study investigates the internal cognitive mechanisms of multimodal-metaphor construction in the television genre of animated political cartoons.… read more
2015 From hostile humour to stereotyping in televised satire Les Guignols de l’Info Constructing and Negotiating Identity in Dialogue, Săftoiu, Răzvan (ed.), pp. 90–106 | Article
Humour displayed by today’s media targets both individuals and communities and the degree to which it is perceived as a mere humoristic act or, more seriously, as an insult depends on a series of factors which point to: its creator (the goal he/she (c)overtly assumes to reach), its addressee… read more
2013 Multimodal metaphors in political entertainment Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics, Pinar Sanz, María Jesús (ed.), pp. 303–319 | Article
Metaphor is one of the primary ways we accommodate and assimilate information and experience into our conceptual organization of the world. The present study investigates the internal cognitive mechanisms of multimodal-metaphor construction in the television genre of animated political cartoons.… read more
2013 Televised political satire: New theoretical introspections Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 367–392 | Article
In the present study, satire is addressed from a more comprehensive theoretical framework that will not reduce it to a form of literary discourse. Consequently, this paper proposes a bipartite model of satire: the macro and the micro model. While the former sees satire as an institutionalized genre… read more
2011 Chapter 6. Political satire dies last: A study on democracy, opinion formation, and political satire Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment, Tsakona, Villy and Diana Elena Popa (eds.), pp. 137–165 | Article
The present study reinforces the claim that humour can hardly work as a corrective for poor political behaviour and cannot inspire reform. Subsequently, it can merely function as a medium for protest and critique, which are incontestable inherent elements for a democratic society. Therefore, the… read more
2011 Chapter 11. Postscript: A final (?) note on political humour Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment, Tsakona, Villy and Diana Elena Popa (eds.), pp. 271–278 | Article
Political humour is employed to define the boundaries between opposing political groups and to express discontent against politicians and political acts. The sociopolitical context of its production and circulation not only influences its form, content, functions, and targets, but also determines… read more
2011 Chapter 1. Humour in politics and the politics of humour: An introduction Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment, Tsakona, Villy and Diana Elena Popa (eds.), pp. 1–30 | Article
In this chapter, the authors offer a working definition of political humour and summarise its main aspects as discussed in the relevant literature: the genres where political humour surfaces or dominates; the reasons why political criticism is so often encoded in humorous terms; and the… read more