Our colleagues Joanna Doona of Media and communication studies and Tommy Bruhn from Rhetoric has a new journal article out, in open access, in Javnost.
The article presents a case study on Swedish news satire show "Svenska nyheter" and the controversy it stirred after launching the web tool Skolko in 2018; looking both at the launch and the reactions it stirred among various interested parties - how does participation work when humour and "seriousness" clash?
Find the article below
"Serious Grappling with Satire: Rhetorical genre affordances and invitation to participation in public controversy" https://www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../13183222.2021.1983303