THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL SATIRE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
The ‘Late Show’ employs political satire to promote the agenda of the public sphere - enable citizens to engage in critical public debate, by advocating for a ‘deliberative democracy’. Political satire is often described as humour’s most overtly political genre (Faina 2012, p. 347). The Late Show’s harnesses the power of political satire to frame important socio-political issues in a manner similar to how individuals engage with each other (Faina 2012, p. 344). In this manner, it proposes alternative channels of thinking about the poliical climate (Faina 2012, p. 548). While some critics have labelled Stephen Colbert a cynic, he is in fact a ephemeral rhetorical critic who functions
The ‘Late Show’ employs political satire to promote the agenda of the public sphere - enable citizens to engage in critical public debate, by advocating for a ‘deliberative democracy’. Political satire is often described as humour’s most overtly political genre (Faina 2012, p. 347). The Late Show’s harnesses the power of political satire to frame important socio-political issues in a manner similar to how individuals engage with each other (Faina 2012, p. 344). In this manner, it proposes alternative channels of thinking about the poliical climate (Faina 2012, p. 548). While some critics have labelled Stephen Colbert a cynic, he is in fact a ephemeral rhetorical critic who functions