Month: September 2019

Late night television comedy, mid-afternoon congressional testimony: Attacks on Stephen Colbert’s House Judiciary committee appearance

Colbert’s breaking of character—a rare inconsistency—received less attention than the consistency of his characterised testimony. Josh Compton https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2040610X.2019.1623439 This analysis examines criticism of Stephen Colbert’s congressional testimony on…

Inoculation at play

And yet, there is space for play on both sides of the analogic, too. Josh Compton https://speechandtheatremo.org/journal-archive/ Inoculation is often considered to be serious business – whether in its literal…

Inoculation theory, source derogation, and media credibility

Source derogation is a product of inoculation even when it is unintentional, and perhaps, in ways that could be detrimental, such as increasing cynicism. Josh Compton Inoculation Theory,…