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Book SynopsisIn a time of global infotainment, the crisis of modern journalism, the omnipresence of celebrity culture and reality TV, and the colonization of public discourse by media spectacle and entertainment, postmodern satiric media have emerged as prominent critical voices playing an unprecedented role at the heart of public debate. Indeed, satiric media has filled gaps left not only by traditional media but also by weak social institutions and discredited political elites. In Satiric TV in the Americas, Paul Alonso analyzes the most influential satiric TV shows in the Americas--focusing on shows in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and the United States--in order to understand their critical role in challenging the status quo, traditional journalism, and the prevalent local media culture. Alonso illuminates the phenomenon of satire as resistance and negotiation in public discourse, the role of entertainment media as a site where socio-political tensions are played out, and the changing
Trade ReviewWith case studies from the U.S. to Argentina and points in-between, Alonso offers a welcome Pan-Am mapping of political satire. He traverses a number of national contexts to illustrate the diverse ways that satire takes shape at the intersection of the local and the global, and the multiple critical strategies it pursues to intervene in a landscape of precarious democracy. * Geoffrey Baym, Professor and Chair of the Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University *
All over Latin America, satirical news shows have been gaining audiences not only on TV, but also on digital platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. This book is the first in-depth study of this phenomenon and its growing political and social impact. Alonso's work not only maps uncharted territory, but also offers new lenses through which understand the global phenomenon of satire as political communication in today's world. * Rosental Alves, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and founder, and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas *
Paul Alonso adeptly surveys satiric television across Latin America, paying particular attention to the genre's ability to mediate between local contexts and global forms. This smart and comprehensive volume fills what had been a gaping hole in satire scholarship. * Amber Day, Associate Professor of Media and Performance Studies, Bryant University *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: TV Satire & Critical Metatainment in the Americas Chapter 2 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver & The Stewart/Colbert Impact on U.S. Political Communication in the Post-Networt Era Chapter 3 Jaime Bayly's El Francotirador: Peruvian Satiric Infotainment After Fujimori's Media Dictatorship Chapter 4 Brozo's El Mañanero: Televisa's Grotesque Clown as Transgressive Journalism in Mexico Chapter 5 Peter Capusotto y sus videos: Satire, Identity, and Spectacle During Kirchner's Argentina Chapter 6 Latin American Digital Satire: Critical Humor as Glocal Entertainment in Times of the Internet Chapter 7 Conclusions: TV Satire as Critical Metatainment & Negotiated Dissent
