America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy post 9/11 argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to understand the context through which most news is reported and to be critical of it.
ISBN: | 9781137014726 |
Publication date: | 30th November 2011 |
Author: | Sophia A McClennen |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 214 pages |
Series: | Education, Politics and Public Life |
Genres: |
Education Cultural studies Sociology Philosophy and theory of education Politics and government |