Efectos de la sátira política a través de programas de infoentretenimiento televisivo en España. ¿Es humor solo para reír o hay algo más en juego?

  1. Moreno, Carmelo 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Journal:
Papeles del CEIC

ISSN: 1695-6494

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 2

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1387/PCEIC.22763 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

This work makes a comparative analysis of the discourses and arguments provided by a sample of Spanish citizens from different regions of the country in order to calibrate the effect of two satirical sketches taken from the television schedule in Spain. The sketches were chosen because of their different styles of humor —a more Horatian satirical humor vs. a Juvenalian humor— and because of their content, focused on parodying different ethnic and political groups, such as Basque and Catalan nationalism on the one hand, and immigrant and homosexual collectives on the other. Specifically, the article analyzes whether there are similarities and differences in the appreciation of these sketches, whether there are geographical differences in this appreciation, and what reasons are given by citizens to justify their enjoyment (or discomfort) with this type of satirical sketches. The conclusions note that people with a higher degree of enjoyment (and also people with a higher degree of discomfort) facing this type of satirical sketches, irrespective of their content, focus their attention on the formal questions of the sketch, while people with an intermediate degree of enjoyment are more likely to combine all the formal and substantive elements in making an evaluation.

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