Document Type
Article
Keywords
Saturday night live (Television program);satire;parody;television
Identifier Data
https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2012.638582
Publisher
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Publication Source
Popular Communications
Abstract
Though Saturday Night Live's “Weekend Update” has become one of the most iconic of fake news programs, it is remarkably unfocused on either satiric critique or parody of particular news conventions. Instead, the segment has been shaped by a series of hosts who made a name for themselves by developing distinctive comic personalities. In contrast to more politically invested contemporary programs, the genre of fake news on Saturday Night Live has been largely emptied to serve the needs of the larger show, maintaining its status as just topical, hip, and unthreatening enough to attract celebrities and politicians, as well as a mass audience.
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Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Television Commons
Comments
Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. in Popular Communication, volume 10, issue 1/2. Bryant users may access this article here.