Tuning in to the personal
Late-night comedy, message engagement, and the gun control debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12972205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy B Becker (0000-0002-8781-8942, Loyola Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 588-596 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19331681.2023.2197449 |
| OpenAlex | W4362471150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
The research (N = 265) considers the effect of exposure to personalized political comedy on the gun control debate on message discounting, perceived informativeness, and message elaboration. Results show that viewers are less likely to engage in message discounting, more likely to engage in message elaboration, and more likely to rate personalized political comedy as informative when compared against exposure to a standard late-night monologue. Importantly, the findings show that personalized political comedy content has greater message engagement effects among those with lower affinity for entertaining news, suggesting that personalized political comedy may help to expand issue engagement and audiences
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |