讽刺在媒介素养中的必要性——斯蒂芬·科尔伯特对复杂和苏格拉底反讽的运用

Q3 Social Sciences

Baltic Journal of Law and Politics Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI:10.2478/BJLP-2018-0008

A. C. Jones

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摘要

摘要媒体扫盲运动倡导在打击假新闻方面进行系统思考和高度阐述。然而，他们往往忽视了一个古老的工具来抹黑煽动者和摧毁虚假信息：讽刺。这篇文章探讨了讽刺作家斯蒂芬·科尔伯特是如何在2010年的国会证词中使用讽刺的，他认为科尔伯特从苏格拉底式讽刺到复杂式讽刺的转变鼓励听众通过更核心的信息处理途径进行思考。这篇文章的结论是，讽刺增加了对假新闻的认可，但警告说，过度依赖复杂的讽刺会破坏对真相的欣赏，需要重新引入苏格拉底式的讽刺作为一种平衡。

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The Necessity of Satire in Media Literacy: Stephen Colbert’s Use of Sophistic and Socratic Irony

Abstract Media literacy campaigns champion systematic thinking and high elaboration in the fight against fake news. However, they often overlook an ancient tool for discrediting demagogues and destroying disinformation: satire. This essay explores how satirist Stephen Colbert used irony in his 2010 congressional testimony, arguing that Colbert’s shift from Socratic to Sophistic irony encouraged listeners to think for themselves through a more central information-processing route. The essay concludes that irony increases recognition of fake news, but warns that an overreliance on Sophistic irony undermines an appreciation of truth, and requires the reintroduction of Socratic irony as a counter balance.

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Baltic Journal of Law and Politics Social Sciences-Law

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0.70

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Baltic Journal of Law & Politics (BJLP) is a scholarly journal, published bi-annually in electronic form as a joint publication of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). BJLP provides a platform for the publication of scientific research in the fields of law and politics, with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary research that cuts across these traditional categories. Topics may include, but are not limited to the Baltic Region; research into issues of comparative or general theoretical significance is also encouraged. BJLP is peer-reviewed and published in English.