1st Edition

Comedy, Cameos, and Campaign Communication Leveraging Entertainment Media to Win Elections and Advance Policy

By Jason Turcotte Copyright 2024
122 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

122 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

122 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a thorough foundation for understanding the shift from political campaigning via legacy news media to campaigning through entertainment media. Public discourse that would once transpire on the newsprint of opinion pages or behind a news anchor’s desk and teleprompter is now happening through talk shows and sitcoms, celebrity partnerships and influencer accounts, memes and... Read more

1. The Long Tail: The Effects of Media Choice and Audience Fragmentation on the Campaign Process

2. Merch, Fandom, and Sports Metaphors: The Commodification of the Modern Campaign

3. From Daytime Talk to Late Night Punchlines: Campaign Strategy and Soft News

4. Sitcoms and Satire: The Art of the Political Cameo 5. Partnerships in Pop Culture: Courting the Celebrity Endorsement

 6. The Instaworthy Campaign: Gaming, Streaming, and Social Media

7. Trivialization or Accessibility? The Democratic Implications of Entertaining the Electorate

Biography

Jason Turcotte is Associate Professor of Communication at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA.