Political satire has different roles in different countries and different circumstances and it is believed that it has an impact on the status of politics within a country. Various studies have been conducted to study the impact of satire and sarcasm on political situations and how governments and individuals see the new kind of media and political criticism. The literature gathered for this paper discusses the topic from many perspectives. Some studies examine satire and sarcasm in the media and its relation to interactional politics (Ducharme, 1994) and the use of political satire in order to go viral and deliver one’s message (Botha, 2014). Other journal articles include specific examples of satirical shows and the role of their shows and
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During time of revolutions and uprisings, people’s opinion and views change and their level of consciousness rises immensely, thus people should be more open to different kinds of media and alien ways of expression with such changes. Because such politically unstable times create various changes in the media (Cottle, 2014; Hamdy, 2013) discussed in different ways these kinds of changes during the Arab uprisings and the Egyptian revolution. “The public has become more demanding of their media. No longer accepting the long-standing, rote transmission of slavish support for the regime, protests against state-media and calls for media reform began during the uprising hand have in fact continues to be main public demand the subject of grate debate in the new Egypt,” (Hamdy, 2013). This extract emphasizes the point that a country is undergoing political instability does not mean it cannot tolerate changes in the media, on the contrary because citizens were fed up from the ongoing praise of the regime they needed the freedom of expression and the luxury of having a politically satirical show that expresses any frustrations or opposition to the ruler, government and the regime. After the revolution more people tended to stop relying on government media because of their realization that the government’s media is basically a reflection of its agenda. Besides the new forms of media including social media, in which political satire in Egypt starts, played a vital role in the communication and coordination of the rising of the Egyptians against Hosni Mubarak and his regime these new kinds of media which might be alien to many people managed to spread ideas of mass defiance ad resistance across Egypt and the Middle East. (Cottle, 2011). Across the moments of political battle and
During time of revolutions and uprisings, people’s opinion and views change and their level of consciousness rises immensely, thus people should be more open to different kinds of media and alien ways of expression with such changes. Because such politically unstable times create various changes in the media (Cottle, 2014; Hamdy, 2013) discussed in different ways these kinds of changes during the Arab uprisings and the Egyptian revolution. “The public has become more demanding of their media. No longer accepting the long-standing, rote transmission of slavish support for the regime, protests against state-media and calls for media reform began during the uprising hand have in fact continues to be main public demand the subject of grate debate in the new Egypt,” (Hamdy, 2013). This extract emphasizes the point that a country is undergoing political instability does not mean it cannot tolerate changes in the media, on the contrary because citizens were fed up from the ongoing praise of the regime they needed the freedom of expression and the luxury of having a politically satirical show that expresses any frustrations or opposition to the ruler, government and the regime. After the revolution more people tended to stop relying on government media because of their realization that the government’s media is basically a reflection of its agenda. Besides the new forms of media including social media, in which political satire in Egypt starts, played a vital role in the communication and coordination of the rising of the Egyptians against Hosni Mubarak and his regime these new kinds of media which might be alien to many people managed to spread ideas of mass defiance ad resistance across Egypt and the Middle East. (Cottle, 2011). Across the moments of political battle and