Within the last decade, satirical television shows have
become a rightful ingredient of culture jamming. In today’s society, there is
so much going on in politics; whether it is politics itself or the personal
lives of politicians. Satirical television has become binding to present-day
society to make sense of the modern peculiar state of some politics. The main
reason as to why satirical shows have become so main stream is because these
types of shows offer certain insights into what is classified as the current
state of politics; which essentially suggests that the satire from these
television shows adds insights to the realm of politics that the news and other
media cannot. (Media and Society, p. 214) I believe the extra insight on
politics that is offered through some satirical television shows can be considered
useful in grasping a light-hearted, straight-forward, and comical view on a
certain issue.
One
common goal that everybody shares in viewing news media is to understand what
is going on in our world; and in a society like today’s, all of us are seeing a
story through the tainted window that is mass media. People need satire news shows,
because it reassures them that there are others out there who feel the same
outrages that he/she does. The sole fact that everyone finds it funny is
reassuring. As citizens we all want to
be reassured, which is part of the reason why we view mass media in the first
place. Although the term ‘jamming’ may
be referred to as “an obstruction, that is, the equivalent of a traffic jam for
the media; it can also reference a more playful, spontaneous form of
improvising and engaging with the media.” (Media and Society, p. 213) Satirical
media has cemented itself in society’s views because it broadens our
perspective on certain political issues; while we view these satire news- shows
in a light-hearted and comical manor.
Thanks
Jake
o'Shaughnessy, Michael. Media and Society. Fifth
Edition. Austrailia : Oxford University Press, 2008. 213-214. Print.
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