Fake news, real hip: rhetorical dimensions of ironic communication in mass media

This paper explores the growing genre of fake news, a blend of information, entertainment, and satire, in main stream mass media, specifically examining the work of Stephen Colbert. First, this work examines classic definitions of satire and contemporary definitions and usages of irony in an effort to understand how they function in the fake news genre. Using a theory of postmodern knowledge, this work aims to illustrate how satiric news functions epistemologically using both logical and narrative paradigms. Specific artifacts are examined from Colbert’s speech in an effort to understand how rhetorical strategies function during his performances.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Broussard, Paige L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Guy, Matthew W.
• Palmer, Heather; Jones, Rebecca
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Colbert report (Television program)
• Satire

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/100

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1094