Late-Night Learning: Do Entertainment Programs Increase Political Campaign Knowledge for Young Viewers?

By Barry A. Hollander. 2005

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Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory

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All Joking Aside: A Serious Investigation into the Persuasive Effect of Funny Social Issue Messages (2007, background): “…engage in humorous social commentary to audiences of millions, and the effects of such routines are of increasing scholarly interest (e.g., Hollander, 2005; Moy, Xenos, & Hess, 2006; Niven, Lichter, & Amundson, 2003; Young, 2004) If, as some have suggested, humor attracts attention but…”
The Privileged Role of the Late-Night Joke: Exploring Humor's Role in Disrupting Argument Scrutiny (2008, background): “These findings, as well as growing acknowledgement in political communication that the divide between entertainment and information is becoming obsolete ( Delli Carpini & Williams, 2001 ), have led scholars to explore the impact of late-night comedy viewing on learning, attitude change, and public o”
YouTube-ification of Political Talk: An Examination of Persuasion Appeals in Viral Video (2011, background): “account that young citizens get information out of entertainment or humor-based programs (Hollander, 2005), this study seeks to analyze the humor appeal in a presentation of the health care issue in the nontraditional YouTube format. The use of images, particularly, video, to deliver pathos-type app”
The Effect of Television Viewing on Adolescents' Civic Participation: Political Efficacy as a Mediating Mechanism (2009, background): “Hollander (2005), who assessed solely political learning as an outcome of viewing such programming, concluded that ‘‘young people are capable of gleaning at least modest amounts of campaign information from such content, but how competent it leaves them to participate in a meaningful manner remains…”