New media is a joke : tracing irony, satire, and remediation in online discourse
The social and political function of humor in any era is to provide commentary, insight, and catharsis into the concerns facing that time. In this dissertation I investigate the role humor, particularly irony and satire, plays in informing public discourse and civic participation in the contemporar...
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| Language: | en |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28352 |