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With case studies from the U.S. to Argentina and points in-between, Alonso offers a welcome Pan-Am mapping of political satire. He traverses a number of national contexts to illustrate the diverse ways that satire takes shape at the intersection of the local and the global, and the multiple critical strategies it pursues to intervene in a landscape of precarious democracy. --Geoffrey Baym, Professor and Chair of the Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University All over Latin America, satirical news shows have been gaining audiences not only on TV, but also on digital platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. This book is the first in-depth study of this phenomenon and its growing political and social impact. Alonso's work not only maps uncharted territory, but also offers new lenses through which understand the global phenomenon of satire as political communication in today's world. --Rosental Alves, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and founder, and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Paul Alonso adeptly surveys satiric television across Latin America, paying particular attention to the genre's ability to mediate between local contexts and global forms. This smart and comprehensive volume fills what had been a gaping hole in satire scholarship. --Amber Day, Associate Professor of Media and Performance Studies, Bryant University

With case studies from the U.S. to Argentina and points in-between, Alonso offers a welcome Pan-Am mapping of political satire. He traverses a number of national contexts to illustrate the diverse ways that satire takes shape at the intersection of the local and the global, and the multiple critical strategies it pursues to intervene in a landscape of precarious democracy. * Geoffrey Baym, Professor and Chair of the Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University * All over Latin America, satirical news shows have been gaining audiences not only on TV, but also on digital platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. This book is the first in-depth study of this phenomenon and its growing political and social impact. Alonso's work not only maps uncharted territory, but also offers new lenses through which understand the global phenomenon of satire as political communication in today's world. * Rosental Alves, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and founder, and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas * Paul Alonso adeptly surveys satiric television across Latin America, paying particular attention to the genre's ability to mediate between local contexts and global forms. This smart and comprehensive volume fills what had been a gaping hole in satire scholarship. * Amber Day, Associate Professor of Media and Performance Studies, Bryant University *

Paul Alonso adeptly surveys satiric television across Latin America, paying particular attention to the genre's ability to mediate between local contexts and global forms. This smart and comprehensive volume fills what had been a gaping hole in satire scholarship. * Amber Day, Associate Professor of Media and Performance Studies, Bryant University * All over Latin America, satirical news shows have been gaining audiences not only on TV, but also on digital platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. This book is the first in-depth study of this phenomenon and its growing political and social impact. Alonso's work not only maps uncharted territory, but also offers new lenses through which understand the global phenomenon of satire as political communication in today's world. * Rosental Alves, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and founder, and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas * With case studies from the U.S. to Argentina and points in-between, Alonso offers a welcome Pan-Am mapping of political satire. He traverses a number of national contexts to illustrate the diverse ways that satire takes shape at the intersection of the local and the global, and the multiple critical strategies it pursues to intervene in a landscape of precarious democracy. * Geoffrey Baym, Professor and Chair of the Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University *

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Paul Alonso, a Peruvian journalist and author, is Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His academic research focuses on the convergence of journalism, entertainment, satire, politics and popular culture in the Americas.

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