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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Communication
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Limor Shifman
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday, 9:00-10:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Limor Shifman
Course/Module description:
The course will focus on the social and cultural roles of contemprary Satire. We will explore televised as well as interent-based satire, focusing mainly on the Israeli and American satitical spheres.
Course/Module aims:
The development of analytical skills necessary for the critical evaluation of satire in various contexts.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Explain the main trends in contemporary research of satire.
- Compare between various satirical genres, as well as between satirical shows that were created in different settings.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of satire and of the concepts relevant for its analysis.
- Categorize and characterize divergent types of satire, while evaluating their cultural and social implications.
- Design an empirical study based on the material learned during the course.
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Discussion
Course/Module Content:
-Major trends in contemprary humor therory
-Defining satire
-Between satire and parody
-Satire as "new journalism", or:satire and political knowlede in the 21st century
-Politians and the chalanges of the satirical sphere
-Political humor and satire on the internet
Required Reading:
Lynch, O. H. (2002). Humorous communication: Finding a place for humor in communication research. Communication Theory, 12(4), 423-445.
ברגסון, א. (1998/1899). הצחוק. ירושליים: הוצאת ראובן מס.
Gray, J, Jones, J, and Thompson, E. (2009) The State of Satire, the Satire of State. in J. Gray, Jeffrey Jones, and E. Thompson (Eds.). Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era (Pp 3-36). New York: New York University Press.
Paletz, D. L. (1990). Political humor and authority: From support to subversion. International Political Science Review, 11(4), 483-493.
אלכסנדר, ד. (1985). ליצן החצר והשליט: סאטירה פוליטית בישראל, 1948-1984. ת"א: ספריית
הפועלים. עמ' 28–9 , 48-43.
Hariman, R.(2008). Political Parody and Public Culture, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 94(3), 247-272.
Baym, J. (2005). The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism. Political Communication 22, 259-276
Baek, Y. and Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Don't Expect Too Much! Learning From Late-Night Comedy and Knowledge Item Difficulty, Communication Research, 36(6), 783 - 809
Gray, J. (2009). Throwing Out the Welcome Mat: Public Figures as Guests and Victims in TV Satire. in J. Gray, J. Jones, and E. Thompson (Eds.). Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era (pp. 147-166). New York: New York University Press, 2009.
Hamo, M., Kampf, Z. & Shifman, L. (2010). Surviving the "Mock Interview": Challenges to Political Communicative Competence in Contemporary Televised Discourse, Media, Culture and Society 32 (2), 247-266.
Shifman, L., Coleman, S. & Ward, S. (2007). Only joking? Online Humour in the 2005 UK General Election, Information, Communication and Society, 10(4), pp. 465-487.
Jenkins, H. (2009). Why Mitt Romney Won’t Debate a Snowman. in Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey Jones, and Ethan Thompson (eds.). Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era (pp. 187-212), New York: New York University Press.
Additional Reading Material:
TBA
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 90 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
For those who write seminar papers: Presentation 20%, written paper 80%.
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