Statistics regarding Political Satire
Who Views? How oFten? Ect.
- "To say that much of the public is uninformed about much of the substance of politics and public policy is to say nothing new." (Hollander)
- "Entertainment-based programs are better suited for the latter in terms of understanding what they contribute to a viewer's public affairs knowledge particularly for younger viewers."(Hollander)
- "Most studies find no relationship between entertainment-based or "soft" news and political knowledge...this is not to say watching entertainment programs is unrelated to how people make sense of the political world." (Hollander)
- "Respondents who said they used late-night and comedy television programs to learn about the political campaign also tended to use other media for the same information." (Hollander)
- "Those who identified late night programs as an important source of campaign news - tended to be younger rather than older, minority, more male than female, leaning toward the Democratic Party, politically liberal rather than conservative, and somewhat more interested in political campaigns." (Hollander)
- "Younger vieweres identified comedy and late-night television programs as a source of political campaign news." (Hollander)
- "Watching comedy programs for news improved both recognition and recall for younger viewers, but age made no difference in the relationship between watching late-night programs and recognition of political information."(Hollander)
- "Some studies have found that particular entertainment media have contributed to increases in knowledge about politics.(Y.M. Kim & J. Vishak)
- "These shows are innovative in that they changed the assumptions about who is allowed to talk about politics on television." (Rubin)
- "The popularity of these programs shows that the public wants to hear about politics, but not in a boring way." (Rubin)
- "It suggests that audiences are receptive to (if not hungry for) political programming that is meaningful and engaging to them, programming that connects with their interests and concerns, and speaks to them through accessible and pleasurable means." (Rubin)
- "Today's news executives integrate entertainment and celebrity news to appeal to their perception of "what audiences want," while creatives develop alternative forms of political content (including political satire, and political entertainment) to entertainment across platform and genre." (Young)