Abstract
Political entertainment shows may have political implications while
entertaining. Political issues, political parties and political
leadership are discussed in these shows employing different
comedy frames including satire, humor and comedy. Identification
and classification of entertainment content of these shows, on the
basis of comedy formats, frames, types of issues, different political
parties and their leadership, could help to understand the patterns
of political comedy. Thus, this research examines how politics
presented utilizing different patterns of comedy. Data for the study,
using content analysis of 1118 representative segments, come from
the political comedy shows broadcast on mainstream TV channels
of Pakistan. Findings of the study show that there are more satirical
frames used in these shows as compared to humor and parody.
Political issues have been given more coverage as compared to
social and economic issues; and political parties including PPP,
PML-N, PTI remain the target of these shows predominantly.
Sobia Abid, Muhammad Zahid Bilal. (2016) Political Communication and TV Comedy: Examining the Descriptive Patterns of Political Entertainment on Mainstream TV Channels of Pakistan, Journal of Media Studies, Volume 33, Issue 1.
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