Is Political Satire Possible On Twitter

?”Humanities, Literature, Cultures, and Arts 2015 Global

Conference September 24 in Washington, DC, USA.

Angela Hart

Social Media &

The Younger Viewer

What is Satire?

The use of irony, wit, and or humor to draw attention to an issue or incident.

Twitter & Satire

OWith only 140 characters…O Is Subtext Possible?O Is Irony Possible?O Can the Content be Varied?O Are There Limitations?

Cancel ColbertO http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos

/1zkr18/who-s-attacking-me-now-----cancelcolbert

O #cancelcolbert

The Daily Show’s social media platform, @TheDailyShow.

The headings I created included:O Mentions a Current Issue/News Worthy Event, O Expressly States a ClaimO Indirectly States a ClaimO Breaking News hashtagO #TDSBreakingNewsO Politician ReferenceO Academic Scholar ReferencedO Celebrity ReferencedO Has a Religious ElementO Humorous Punch lineO Humorous HashtagO Advertisement for The Daily Show

Twitter

Twitter

The Daily Show

OThe program’s Twitter account tries to maintain a balance of reporting on the news in a humorous manner, advertise the upcoming episode to be aired (program, interviews, and guests alike), and report on breaking news stories.

Context

My findingsO 140 Characters is limiting.O Subtext can be difficult.O The person tweeting/the company

tweeting matters.O Context!

O Why is this tweeted?O Was this on the show itself?

Thank You.Does Anyone Have Any

Questions?