Satire

This entry summarizes existing work on the subject of political satire and, while doing so, follows the argument of Holbert (2016, p. 172) to look at this humorous genre of political news through the lens of ‘The Satire Triad’. This triad exemplifies that, to understand the vast amount of relationships caused by satire, we should focus on the producer of the message (i.e., the satirist), the subject of the satire (i.e., the satirized), and the receivers of the message (i.e., the satirees or satire audience) in equal measure. The current entry covers all these elements: the production, content, and effects of political satire.