Tag: Martin Herbers
I STARTED A JOKE – HOW A PALE AND SKINNY BOY FROM BREMEN MOCKED THE TURKISH PRESIDENT. A COMMENT ON THE ROLE OF TELEVISION COMEDY IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE by Martin R. Herbers
Apr 28, 2016 | Blogs, Comedy, ECREA, Transnational TV | 0
Entertainment television programmes help shape the public discourse on politics. As American political communication scholar R. Lance Holbert pointed out, these shows can play a vital part for the public understanding of...
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