The irony of satire: Political ideology and the motivation to see what you want to see in the Colbert report

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-231

  Lamarre, Heather L ^a,b   Landreville, Kristen D ^a   Beam, Michael A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Journalism and Mass Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Comedy; Information processing; Political entertainment; Political ideology; Satire

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849124033     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161208330904     Document Type: Article

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