week 7

Question 1

political satire

satire

Answer 1

used as a form of revolt that serves to publicly express feeling; and challenge the course of action

allows opportunities for social and artistic expressions that satisfy people’s needs for humor and play; a lens through which we look at things using humor, irony, ridicule to expose, create a reflection

Question 2

politainment

political satire shows

Answer 2

entertainment news; often cover public affairs, research indicates that the audience consumes politainment shows for entertainment value

• affects views and knowledge regarding public affairs
• educate viewers to think critically of traditional news
• used to criticize political figures and current issues using various media

form of critical journalism

Question 3

culture jamming (article)
culture jamming (lecture)

Answer 3

article - a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements to disrupt or subvert (undermine) media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertisement; use of boldness and shock, highlighting illogical or absurd politicians statements; using humor to bond, inside jokes about politicians and political issues within their society

practice of parodying advertisements and hijacking billboards in order to drastically alter their message –> gives the agency to respond or repurpose spaces in the public space

Question 4

activism
- conventional/radical activism approach
two-way symmetrical model
outlaw discourse

Answer 4

a process by which groups of people exert pressure on organizations or other institutions to change policies, practices or conditions that are problematic

conventional - mix of lobbying to change public policy and agitate management to alter organizational policies - WITHIN A SYSTEM
radical - focuses on working outside of the system to express objection, influence social goals or both through agitated communication with key organizations that contribute to the phenomenon they oppose - OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM

presumes compromise between organizations and activists as the desired outcome

outlaw discourses: utilizes unconventional and imaginative tactics to draw attention to various causes; reflects different ways of thinking and espouse alternative logics or ways to approach a problem that might seem simply disruptive