Civic stage fright: Motivation and news satire engagement
(2021) In European Journal of Cultural Studies 24(4). p.850-868- Abstract
- This article explores news satire engagement and civic motivation, an area of concern in satire scholarship. Focused on what audiences ‘do’ with media, the ways in which young adults who regularly engage in news satire construct political efficacy is studied. Using a qualitative contextualising audience study, including in-depth interviews and focus groups with 31 young adults, a thematic analysis of transcript data identifies three discursive themes relating to civic anxieties; development and invitation, performance and knowledge, and conflict and ‘packaged deals’. These emphasise news satire as cultural form as well as shifting civic ideals and development processes: exposing how news satire’s ‘kynicism’ (non-nihilist criticism)... (More)
- This article explores news satire engagement and civic motivation, an area of concern in satire scholarship. Focused on what audiences ‘do’ with media, the ways in which young adults who regularly engage in news satire construct political efficacy is studied. Using a qualitative contextualising audience study, including in-depth interviews and focus groups with 31 young adults, a thematic analysis of transcript data identifies three discursive themes relating to civic anxieties; development and invitation, performance and knowledge, and conflict and ‘packaged deals’. These emphasise news satire as cultural form as well as shifting civic ideals and development processes: exposing how news satire’s ‘kynicism’ (non-nihilist criticism) connects to civic performance anxiety. The identified anxieties are understood as related to fears of exclusion, embarrassment and misrepresentation. The metaphor of civic stage fright is developed to further understand these, underscoring the role of emotion and social interaction in civic performance. (Less)
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- author
- Doona, Joanna LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Medborgerlig scenskräck: motivation och engagemang i nyhetssatir
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Medborgarskap, publiker, publikstudier, Känslor, cynicism, humor, satir, medborgarengagemang, nyhetssatir, rädsla, audience studies, audiences, citizenship, civic engagement, satire, news satire, humour, fear, cynicism, emotions
- in
- European Journal of Cultural Studies
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 19 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85114400163
- ISSN
- 1367-5494
- DOI
- 10.1177/13675494211033290
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Joanna Doona is associate senior lecturer at the Department of Communication and Media and Lund University and board member of the Swedish Association for Media and Communication Studies. She is currently working on the project 'Audiences and public service election satire,’ funded by Wahlgrenska stiftelsen.
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