Predicting the consumption of political TV satire: Affinity for political humor, the daily show, and the colbert report

Communication Monographs

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-114

  Hmielowski, Jay D ^a   Holbert, R Lance ^a   Lee, Jayeon ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Political entertainment; Political humor; Satire; The colbert report; The daily show

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551486062     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2010.542579     Document Type: Article

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