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The News about Comedy: Young Audiences, The Daily Show, and Evolving Notions of Journalism |
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Recent survey data find that young Americans are increasingly abandoning traditional news media as a source of campaign and election information in favor of late night comedy programs and news parodies—the most significant among these Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. By inviting the possibility of legitimating a comedy show as a news source, The Daily Show has problematized for journalists the increasingly blurred distinction between news and entertainment. Through an analysis of discourse about The Daily Show as it appeared in major newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and television news transcripts between January 1999 and March 2004, this paper examines how the ascendancy of The Daily Show and its host, Jon Stewart, to the fore of popular, political, and media culture is contributing to evolving notions of journalism and journalistic practice. The Daily Show is considered as a critical incident that has given journalists cause to reflect on current industry assumptions, identities, and standards. |
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Name: International Communication Association
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| Feldman, Lauren . "The News about Comedy: Young Audiences, The Daily Show, and Evolving Notions of Journalism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p13125_index.html> |
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| Feldman, L. "The News about Comedy: Young Audiences, The Daily Show, and Evolving Notions of Journalism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p13125_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Recent survey data find that young Americans are increasingly abandoning traditional news media as a source of campaign and election information in favor of late night comedy programs and news parodies—the most significant among these Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. By inviting the possibility of legitimating a comedy show as a news source, The Daily Show has problematized for journalists the increasingly blurred distinction between news and entertainment. Through an analysis of discourse about The Daily Show as it appeared in major newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and television news transcripts between January 1999 and March 2004, this paper examines how the ascendancy of The Daily Show and its host, Jon Stewart, to the fore of popular, political, and media culture is contributing to evolving notions of journalism and journalistic practice. The Daily Show is considered as a critical incident that has given journalists cause to reflect on current industry assumptions, identities, and standards. |
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| The News about Comedy: Young Audiences 7KH 'DLO\ 6KRZ and Evolving Notions of Journalism A recent poll by The Pew Research Center for People and the Press (2004) reported that 21% of 18-34 year-olds regularly learn about the presidential campaign from comedy shows specifically Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Not only is this figure remarkable in that it is more than twice what it was four years ago (9%)1 it is also nearly equal |
| of Sociology 77 660-679. 28 Williams B. & Delli Carpini M. X. (2004). And the walls came tumbling down: The eroding boundaries between news and entertainment and what it means for mediated politics in the 21st century (Tentative title). Manuscript in preparation. Young America’s news source: Jon Stewart. (2004 March 2). CNN.com. Retrieved March 2 2004 from http://www.cnn.com Zelizer B. (1992a). CNN the gulf war and journalistic practice. Journal of Communication 42 66-81. Zelizer B. (1992b). Covering the body: |
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