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Politische vs. persönliche Kritik: die Darstellung von Politikern in der Nachrichtensatire 'heute-show'

Political vs. Personal Attacks: the Depiction of Politicians in the News Satire 'heute-show'
[collection article]

Emde, Katharina
Scherer, Helmut

Abstract

Politische Nachrichtensatire bewegt sich in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Information und Unterhaltung. Dies resultiert in hybriden Anforderungen an die Selektion und Darstellung politischer Akteure, speziell vor dem Hintergrund der Diskussion um Personalisierung und Privatisierung der medialen Polit... view more

Politische Nachrichtensatire bewegt sich in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Information und Unterhaltung. Dies resultiert in hybriden Anforderungen an die Selektion und Darstellung politischer Akteure, speziell vor dem Hintergrund der Diskussion um Personalisierung und Privatisierung der medialen Politikvermittlung. Anhand einer Inhaltsanalyse untersucht die Studie daher die Politikerdarstellung in der ‚heute-show‘. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die Nachrichtensatire auf nationale, einflussreiche Politiker fokussiert. Persönlich-private Eigenschaften werden dabei fast ebenso häufig attackiert wie politische Aspekte. Der hohe Anteil an Privatisierung bestätigt, dass die politische Nachrichtensatire nicht zwangsläufig politisch sein muss. Durch die bessere Visualisierbarkeit und den geringeren Schwierigkeitsgrad werden Witze über rollenferne Merkmale, speziell Äußerlichkeiten, möglicherweise bevorzugt.... view less


Political news satire can be characterized as a hybrid format between information and entertainment. This results in hybrid demands regarding the selection and depiction of political protagonists, especially against the background of the discussion about privatization. Conducting a content analysis ... view more

Political news satire can be characterized as a hybrid format between information and entertainment. This results in hybrid demands regarding the selection and depiction of political protagonists, especially against the background of the discussion about privatization. Conducting a content analysis of the heute-show, our study investigates the representation of politicians in a German news satire. Our findings show that the heute-show focuses on national, powerful politicians. Private and personal attributes are criticized almost as often as political characteristics. The high amount of privatization acknowledges that political news satire does not necessarily have to be political. Instead, jokes about not role-related attributes, especially about appearance, might be preferred, as they do rely less on background knowledge und are better visualizable.... view less

Keywords
entertainment; television; television broadcast; content analysis; satire

Classification
Broadcasting, Telecommunication
Media Contents, Content Analysis

Free Keywords
Nachrichtensatire; Politikerdarstellung; politische Unterhaltung

Collection Title
Politische Online-Kommunikation. Voraussetzungen und Folgen des strukturellen Wandels der politischen Kommunikation

Editor
Henn, Philipp; Frieß, Dennis

Document language
German

Publication Year
2016

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
p. 119-139

Series
Digital Communication Research, 3

ISSN
2198-7610

ISBN
978-3-945681-03-9

Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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