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One important contribution of this analysis is that it reminds us that popular culture, humor, and politics have been interacting long before more recent iterations such as The Daily…
Gracie Allen’s image repair episode, in the midst of her fictional presidential campaign, reflects how humor can both help and hurt image-building efforts. Josh Compton Popular radio star…
My current take on the analogy debate is this: The inoculation analogy is both limiting and flexible enough. Josh Compton After Michael Pfau and I offered what was,…
So we know that presidents do public speaking, and that what they do when doing public speaking matters. But how do presidents view public speaking? Josh Compton & Brian Kaylor Presidents do public…
The investigation stems from a simple thought: presidents regularly do public speaking, but how do they view it? The answers offer a nuanced look into presidential rhetoric about presidential rhetoric—and…
An outburst is a punctuated moment of recalcitrance that is unique in structure, intent, and effect from many other forms of public incivility. Brett Miller & Josh Compton…
Colbert’s breaking of character—a rare inconsistency—received less attention than the consistency of his characterised testimony. Josh Compton This paper surveys criticism of Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert’s Congressional testimony on…
The speech set had shades of politics, humor, and public address, crossing realms of entertainment, news, and word-of-mouth communication. Josh Compton & Brett Miller https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0363811111000932?via%3Dihub David Letterman, host…
Whereas most image repair analyses trace an attack and then the image repair attempts of the one attacked, this essay takes a much less conventional approach: We trace…
Their radio show was usually apolitical, but during a publicity stunt that had Allen running for president, their focus shifted—at least for a few weeks—toward politics. Josh Compton…