%% Contemporary Issues in the Media %%
News as Comedy
Tags
Humanities
Cegep/2
Word count
97 words
Reading time
1 minute
- Jon Stewart
- Animates The Daily Show
- Not partisanship but mistrust of all ideology
- Good:
- Covers depressing issues while real news outlets are covering entertainment
- Counterbalances the despair of bad news
- Makes serious topics more approchable
- Makes people see different perspectives
- Encourages the average Joe to follow the news and think critically
- Bad:
- Less information
- Downplays the serious consequences of news
- Viewers might develop cynical views and refuse to vote
Ajitani Hifumi